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Saintly Workers. By Frederick W. Farrar, D.d....

contains five "Lenten lectures," which Canon Farrar gave this year in the Church of St. Andrews', Holborn. This descrip- tion sufficiently expresses their purpose and character.......

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is that he was acquainted with Goethe and Lander. The most interesting part of his book is the romantic story of his marriage, and its consequences, a story which, in skilful......

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is easy to criticise the plot of Brother Gabriel. The re- lation between Zoe' and the young ex-Capuchin is scarcely among the possibilities of life. When she saves his life, in......

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