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naturally are not all up to the same mark. We

like the first and the last. Zadok Pine, a stalwart young fellow from the Adondirac Hills, who has made his way eastward in search of employment, finds himself in a New Jersey village. The place is enslaved by labour unions, and Zadok, who thinks that a man is at liberty to work as much as he pleases, soon institutes a reform. We read of his adventures with interest, and not without sympathy.

"Natural Selection" is a tale of social distinctions, and enforces a moral propounded by not a few wise men, beginning with Prometheus (apud 2Esehylum), that a man would do well to marry in his own station. " Cashere" is more in the " fairy-story " line, and is a considerable success in its way.