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A Rose of a Hundred Leaves. By Amelia E. Barr.

(J. Clark and Co.)—This is one of our author's strongest and sweetest stories, dealing in well-defined characters, but made charming by the delicacy and insight into love's story that distinguish :eye Barr. A Cumberland maiden of ancient descent is the

mine, and her love-story and her trials, with the ultimate happi- ness of this "wild rose," is the main motive of the tale. The strength of the Cumberland character is admirably brought out in her two brothers, and her own ex uisit • liohity and beauty of character form a striking contrast . let and certainly one of the author's best. She lel" waaycs haarindlangisftofroy; delineating some phases of English character, and in A Rose of a Hundred Leaves it betrays itself very strongly.