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THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES; THE ARTIST IN CUBA. By Walter Goodman. Crown 8vo. The author has had opportunities of studying Cuban society under the most opposite conditions-in the day of peace and prosperity and in the hour of adversity -and although he has dealt with the sub 7s. 6d. ject from the point of view of the artist rather than of the traveller or statistician, his experiences will be found to lose nothing in value by what they thus gain in interest and amusement. FIELD AND FOREST RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST IN NEW BRUNSWICK. With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada. By A. Leith Adams, M.A., &c., Author of "Wanderings of a Naturalist in India," &c., &c. In 8vo, cloth. Illustrated. 145. degenerating into a mere scientific catalogue by many graphic sketches of the rambles."-John Bull. "To the naturalist the book will be most valuable. ... To the general reader the book will prove most interesting, for the style is pleasant and chatty, and the information given is so graphic and full, that those who care nothing for natural history as a pursuit will yet read these descriptions with great interest."-Evening Standard. "We think that both sportsmen and naturalists will find this work replete with anecdote and carefully-recorded observation, which will entertain them."-Nature. TENT LIFE WITH ENGLISH GIPSIES IN NORWAY. "The work is copiously illustrated, not merely in name, but in fact; and there will be few who will not peruse it with pleasure."-Standard. "If any of our readers think of scraping an acquaintance with Norway, let them read this book. The engravings are for the most part excellent. The gypsies, always an interesting study, become doubly By Five full-page Engravings, and 31 Country showing Routes. 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