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The Encyclopiedia Britannica. * An Encyclopfedia Or...

sciences" is in reality a dictionary ; and, like other dictionaries, its value depends upon its utility as a book of reference. A person who wishes to go through a course of......

Gruppy On The Prospats Of German Philosophy. * Thriseig A...

manner of expressing a consciousness of vie- toe/ 'which, by a metaphor borrowed from the poultry-yard or the cook-pit, is denominated " crowing," and which in refined circles......

Inglis's Briar Of Threave Red Lilt Of Barholil *

THE opening of Mr. Inglis's " metrical romance" exhibits a fresh and rare descriptive power, which raises expectations that the con- tinuance of the poem does not sustain. It......