12 NOVEMBER 1881, page 23

Words, Facts, And Phrases. By E. Edwards. (chatto And...

—This is the latest addition to the useful set of reference-books issued by the same publishers, and deals principally with curious, quaint, and out-of-the-way matters. It will......

Tales From Indian History. By J. Talboys Wheeler. (w....

and Co.)—The most interesting part of Mr. Wheeler's volume is the story of Akbar. Akbar's figure has a distinction about it which we do not see in any other of the multitude......

The Threiplands Of Pingask. By Robert Chambers. (w. And B.

Chambers.)—Mr. Robert Chambers wrote this memoir as far back as the year 1853; but its publication was delayed until last year. It gives a very curious picture of a Jacobite......