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The Last Of The Lytham.*

THE last of a race, an order, or a family has a great attraction for authors of fiction. The very title sounds grand and melancholy, and will attract readers as it does authors.......

Life And Remains Of John Clare.* Jon. Eight Years Ago,

in reviewing Mr. Martin's very interesting biography of Clare, we pointed out what we considered a defect in an otherwise well-written volume,—the want of more char- acterising......