ourselves amazingly, stuck up sails, went on in the dark, tried to sit as lightly and as pleasantly as possible on the water, in hopes of arriving at Commercolly, where we counted on finding the overland letters. We succeeded in reaching Commercolly, and there found the dâk Baboo with two Calcutta newspapers for us, and not a line for anybody. Now we have left the short cut to Calcutta, there is so little water, and are going round by the Sunderbunds, where we shall see nothing but trees and jungle for four days; the fifth I hope we shall arrive at Calcutta. It is becoming so hot. Cuhia. This is a collection of native huts, where there is a deposit of coals, but there was also a dear native Baboo who stepped out with a parcel of letters, one from G., saying that the December overland had arrived, but as he did not think there was any chance of the letters finding us, he had only sent one or two; and he mentioned any little news he had collected. He was quite right in his principle, but as the letters have found us, what a pity he did not send your packet, which he mentions. It is a horrid thing; a great liberty; but G., in his grand Mogul way, opens all our letters, and is evidently revelling in yours and the girls' journals. Indeed, he says so; and adds he is so hurried and worried he had not time to find the journals. Such impertinence! Barackpore, Friday, March 13. There! this is not a journal this time; it must turn into a letter, for I have had no time. We arrived at Calcutta late in the evening of Sunday, the 1st March. We ran down a native boat in the dark, and got a great fright from the screaming of the men, who were however all picked up immediately, and natives, one and all, can swim for two, or three hours without fear. We found W. O. in his dressing-gown, and G. in bed; however, he got up and came to us; he complains of being very much over-worked, and of being over-bitten by the musquitoes. They are dreadful; still there is something in the cleanliness and solidity of the house, and in its space, that looks very attractive after the tents and boats. It is lucky we have had that march as a set-off, otherwise the change from Simla would be too shocking. Do not you remember the story my father used to tell us, when we were children, of how his friend the old Duke of Marlborough went to dine with a neighbour, a poor clergyman, whose house was small, whose fires were low, and whose dinner was bad, and when the Duke drove back to Blenheim and entered that magnificent hall, he said with a plaintive sigh, 'Well! home is home, be it never so homely.' So say I, on coming back to this grand palace, from those wretched tents, and so shall I repeat with still greater unction when we arrive at our dear little villa at Kensington Gore. If it should please God that we ever do So, mind that you and your girls are on the lawn to greet us. London: 8, New Burlington Street, June, 1865. A LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED BY RICHARD BENTLEY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRIETTA CARACCIOLO, OF THE PRINCES OF FORINO, EX-BENEDICTINE NUN. There are two editions of this work; one in post 8vo., price 6s., and a smaller one in crown 8vo., 2s. 6d. Both with Portrait. "This work is making a great sensation in Italy; as great a sensation as Mrs. Beecher Stowe did. Never was a heavier blow dealt to monachism. These revelations may be depended on, and it is a work of thrilling interest."-The Times Correspondent in Italy. AFRICAN HUNTING FROM NATAL TO THE ZAM BESI, LAKE NGAMI, KALAHARI, FROM 1852 TO 1860. By WILLIAM CHARLES "Mr. Baldwin's is one of the most extraordinary records we have ever met with; and a more exciting, interesting, or genuine book has seldom fallen into the hands of the public."-Daily News. ALEXANDER'S (COL. SIR JAMES) INCIDENTS OF THE LAST MAORI WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. Post 8vo., with Illustration and ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. With Eight Spirited Illus trations by WOLFF. Gilt edges. 58. Specially adapted to be put into the hands of young readers."-John Bull. ANDERSEN'S (HANS CHRISTIAN) ICE MAIDEN. Translated from the Danish by Mrs. BUSHBY. Small royal, with 39 beautiful Illustrations by ZWECKER. 7s. 6d. "A perfectly new and fanciful Swiss story."-Examiner. "With exquisite illustrations."-Dublin Evening Mail. IN SPAIN. Translated from the Danish by Mrs. BUSHBY, Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. "A very interesting travel-book, by a writer always graceful and attractive. Andersen is the most picturesque of modern Danish writers."-Examiner. ANDROMACHE OF EURIPIDES; with Suggestions and Questions at the foot of each page; together with Copious Grammatical and Critical B |