It is a fine invention, and we hope soon to see it used on all Pullman
cars.

G.H.R.




BOOK REVIEWS.


There has just been published a collection of sketches and essays by
Charles Dickens which have hitherto been uncollected and none of which
has been reprinted in the United States. This cannot fail to be an
extremely interesting book to the great army of admirers of Dickens. His
books always bear the unmistakable imprint of the master, novelist's
mind--in his fun, satire, and humor going hand in hand, as well as in
his sincerity and interest in the poor. Everything that Dickens wrote
has upon it the mark of genius, and this book will come as a delight to
many.

("Old Lamps for New Ones, and Other Sketches and Essays," by Charles
Dickens. The New Amsterdam Book Company: 350 pages, cloth, $1.25.)




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