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New Novels.*

SCANDINAVIA seems alive with the same question that is moving England and. America—the rights of women. Fredrika Bremer in Sweden 'stands forth as the - champion of her sex ;......

Bacon's Ressats, Edited By Archbishop Wit A T Lt. * It

is an unfortunate but undeniable fact, that bishops and arch- bishops, in spite of the apostolic blood which, as my Lord of fia- lisblny recently remarked, runs in their veins,......

Califoitnia And Its Inhabitants.* The Author Of This Book...

to be the agent of a London quartz-crushing gold-mining company, whe was sent to Cali- fornia with some heavy machinery, but little money or credit, to move the implements and......