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had degenerated. To heighten this romance no eloquence is Gordon

Browne. London: W. Heinemann. [Os.] necessary, and Dr. Wertheimer has chosen wisely to present the details of a sad career with the fulness, the accuracy, and the impartiality of a scholar.

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MAITLA.ND MAJOR AND MINOR.*

Mn. TURLEY'S third book vindicates the old adage about the luck that is supposed to attend on odd numbers. Godfrey Marten, Schoolboy, was a first-rate picture, in spite of certain limitations, of life at an English public-school,—indeed, perhaps the very best since Tom, Brown. The sequel, which dealt with the hero's career as an undergraduate, was as dis- appointing as Tom Brown at Orford, a result in great