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Poems By Robert Bridges. (pickering.)—mr. Bridges Is,...

first steps on a path which may lead him to high fame as a poet. He has carefully studied good models, has acquired much general culture, has mastered the technical rules of his......

Current Literature.

Professional Dissertations for 1871-2, 1872-3, of University College, London.—These two sets of Dissertations represent a now idea in England, though Germany, as usual, has been......

Old And New London. By Walter Thornbury. Vol. L (cassel/

and Co.)—Mr. Thornbury begins by taking us eastward of Temple Bar. This, indeed, is "Old London," and so rich in traditions, associations, and the Great Fire notwithstanding,......

Brave Hearts. By Robertson Gray. (sampson Low And...

a story, told with much spirit, of the life which men lead in the wild regions of Western America. The steno is laid a few years back, before the Pacific Railroad had come......