2 JANUARY 1869, page 29

Sir Samuel Baker's Boys' Book.*

WHEN Mr. Disraeli put in the mouth of two of his characters (Ixion and, we think, Sidonia) the words, "Adventures are to the adventurous," he unconsciously hit upon the best......

Principles At Stake.*

THE Church Party of the Centre, if we may borrow the phrase from a secular terminology, has followed the example of its opponents in adopting for its manifesto the convenient......