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Books.

INDIAN SURVEYS.* Ma. 'MARK:RA:sr, Secretary of the Indian Geographical Depart- ment, has produced a work which does credit to his industry and "bump of order." His "Memoir on......

"her Title Of Honour."

[TO THE EDITOR OP Tilia "SPIRIT/MR.1 Sia,—The letter of "'1'. L. P." requires an answer. May I say how the book came to be written ? The story of Henry Martyn was a story that I......

The Origin Of Life Upon Earth.

(To THE Eotroa or THE " SPEOVATOR1 Sta,—In Sir William Thomson's inaugural address to the British Association at Edinburgh, he throws out, in his own eloquent language, the......

Poetry.

HORTULUS HORTULORUM. MY friend the Professor of Culture Has a garden fit for a queen, Set with all flowers of Europe, And some Oriental between. A fine dome of glass its heaven,......