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Poems Of Rural Life In The Dorset Dialect. By William

Barnes. First and third collections. (J. Russell Smith.)—Mr. Barnes's position as a public favourite is so firmly established that there is no necessity for us to do more than......

Has Attended The Publication Of A Translation Of A Portion

of Zschokke's Stunden der Andacht, under the direct patronage of Her Majesty the Queen, has, we presume, suggested the idea that the public might possibly receive with favour a......

Sir Aberdour ; Or, The Sceptic. By Walter P. J.

Purcell, Esq., of the Inner Temple. (Pickering.)—Can anybody tell us whereabouts in the - world is "the region where Nature's smiles are hollowest, and man's finest feelings......

The Golden Link: A Poem-romance. By John Wray Calmer....

Low.)—This pretty little volume tells the story of an enor- mously rich City man, who marries the lovely daughter of- a rained nobleman. The match is not destined to be a happy......

Marriage.

Er.mor--Gunvcan—On the 10th inst., at St James's, Piccadilly, by the Hon. and Rev. Frederick de Grey, John Lettsom Elliot, Esq., to Harriet, Countess of Guil- ford.......

Farouk. By Minimus. (trubner And Co.)—a Small Volume Of...

which has, at least, the merit of being not inaptly named. Here is a taste of Minimus's quality :— " Yon Rose, that, conscious of her grace, With bashful beauty flushes, I'll......

Books Received During The Week.

Nationalities of Europe, by B. G. Latham, M.D. (Allen and Co.).—A Discourse of Matters pertaining to Religion, by Theodore Parker (Trabner and Co.).—The Ionian Islands, by......