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An's/cr . Rorray. * A Fine Scholarly Taste, Tender...

versification, are the most prominent characteristics of Mr. Farrar's Lyrics of Li e. Their great defect is want of power to inspire sympathy. fault is most apparent in the love......

G4r Ffi4rstrrs.

With all the scenic magnificence that distinguished its first revival, and with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean in their fine parts of Wolsey and Queen Katherine, Shakspeare's Henry......

Literary News.

A new work entitled "A Life for a Life , " by the Author of " John Halifa x, Gentleman," is announced for immediate publication by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett. The same......

Publications Received.

At last the Poet Laureate's long-expected volume has appeared. The IDYLLS OF THE KING are four poems, each comprising an episode of the great Romaunt of King Arthur. This is not......