5 AUGUST 1871, page 19

Cuba With Pen And Pencil.*

Jr is amusing sometimes, and especially at this period of the year, when everybody is revolving the important question,—where to go, what to see, and how to see it? to contrast......

Figuier's Reptiles And Birds.* We Are Late In Noticing This

book ; but it can afford to wait. While the charm of the passing productions of the day must be caught as they pass, M. Figuier's volumes will be as attraotive ten years hence......