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Saint and Sybil. By Mrs. Pirkis. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Mrs. Pirkiir

improves ; she writes more carefully, and sees her people more plainly than she did at first. There are fewer violent delights in this novel, and consequently a less imperative demand for violent ends. The story is interesting, and the characters are sympathetic.