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John Bright.

DEAD—no, not dead—the darkness of the grave Shrouds thee indeed, invisible below, And hushed those tones of passionate pure glow, Foes of the sophist counsels which deprave,......

Books.

LADY BLENNERHASSETT'S "MADAME DE STAEL."* THE French Revolution, in Carlyle's opinion, may claim three great men as its products. But the greatness which he thrusts upon Danton......

Poetry.

" SE ILLLI)All." A LESSON FROM A. LEXICON. [The rare quadriliteral 1 - 17?„17 ) (S'macliir) is found only in Cant. ii., 13-15 ; vii., 13. The highest Rabbinical authorities con-......