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Aristomenes, a Grecian Tale, is a bolder attempt than ther st

Days of Aurelian; for it carries us back to the legendary his t, of Greece, when Messenia, under the hero Aristomees, struggled so valiantly against the power of Sparta. The es, however, is only Grecian in name; the author wants the learesg necessary to classical invention. Its character is that of ants panded Annual story ; its style a weak but subdued itnitationot BULWER. It is flowing, and that is all.