Jane Eyre. By Charlotte Bronté. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

Few novels have gained such immediate popularity as was accorded to “Jane Eyre.” This was doubtless due in part to the freshness and vigor of mind it evinced; but it was obtained not so much by these qualities as by the frequent dealings in moral paradox, and by the hardihood of its assaults upon the prejudices of proper people. Throughout the tale the author exhibits a perception of character and the power of delineating it, which is, considering her youth, remarkable.—Frederic Mynon Cooper.

The Moonstone. A Novel. By Wilkie Collins. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

Like the generality of his romances, the interest of “The Moonstone” depends chiefly upon the development of a plot whose systematic intricacies pique the curiosity until the last moment, and upon the concealment of a mystery which baffles and defies solution until it shall have contributed to no end of cross purposes and caused a prodigious amount of incertitude and wretchedness.—Frederic Mynon Cooper.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] For the benefit of any who desire more exact information, I may add that a table of average temperatures, carefully registered day by day and week by week, is to be found at the end of Mr. H. Villiers Stuart’s “Nile Gleanings.” [Note to second edition.]

[2] These dates, it is to be remembered, refer to the year 1877, when the first edition of this book was published. [Note to second edition.]

[3] Since the first edition of this book was issued, the publication of Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie’s standard work, entitled “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh,” has for the first time placed a thoroughly accurate and scientific description of the great pyramid at the disposal of students. Calculating from the rock-cut sockets at the four corners, and from the true level of the pavement, Mr. Petrie finds that the square of the original base of the structure, in inches, is of these dimensions:

Length.Difference
from Mean.		Azimuth.Difference
from Mean.
N.9069.4+ .6- 3’ 20”+ 23”
E.9067.7- 1.1- 3’ 57”- 14”
S.9069.5+ .7- 3’ 41”+ 2”
W.9068.6- .2- 3’ 54”- 11”
Mean.9068.8.65- 3’ 43”12”