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The British Quarterly, for July. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—The post of honour in this number is very properly given to Mr. Freeman's " Augustodunum." This kind of essay, with its mingling of classical and medieval associations, is one which the writer specially excels, and in which he always pleases readers that have even a rudi- mentary knowledge of the subject. The long article, "Carlyle and Mrs. Carlyle : a Ten Years' Reminiscence," which follows, is in- teresting for the glimpses which it gives of the Carlyles' life at Chelsea, but its general bearing is not plain. We do not see what was the unhappiness in the home. Carlyle's life was, of course, in a measure apart from his wife, but it was not more so, was, we may venture to say, less so than that of nine men out of ten. "The New Policy of the Vatican" will well repay perusal. There are many things to make us believe that a new departure in Papal policy is at hand, and the article confirms the belief. The doubt is whether the present Pope is strong enough to take an active part in it. The other articles are "The Land Difficulty in India," "The French Republic," and "The Revised Version of the New Testament."
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