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The Note - Book Of Sir John Northcote. Translated And...

Memoir, by A. H. A. Hamilton. (Murray.)—Sir John Northcote played no inconsiderable part in the civil war between Charles and his Parliament. He was a moderate Parliamentarian,......

Scnool-boolte.—a Primer Of Greek Accidence. By Evelyn...

E. D. Mansfield, B.A. (Rivingtons.) Dr. Percival, of Clifton College, recommends this volume, in a preface which states forcibly its distinguishing merits. It is calculated to......

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The Doctrine Of Retribution Philosophically Considered...

1875). By William Jackson. Second Edition. (Hodder -and Stoughton.)—Mr. Jackson, besides revising the text of his vete, able lectures, has prefixed a preface, the object of......

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(Hurst and Blackett.)—We are sorry to say, that reading this novel with the most favourable disposition and the best desire to be pleased, we found it decidedly dull, and this......