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Ecigemarton. By Edward Bucknell. (Williams and Novae. 78.6d.)-This account of

the - passing of the. days of the rural Squirearchy begins with a charming descrip- tion of the opening of the " Tarlington " Branch of the Great Western Railway in 1841. These pages bring us the wind of open spaces and the pleasant smell of the soil.