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The Age Of Stucco. A Satire. By Henry O'neil, A..r.a.

(Chapman and Hall,)—A satirist above all things must be vigorous. A common consent allows him to be unjust. He cannot always be weakening his condemnations by reservations,......

Warton's History Of English Poetry, From The Twelfth To The

Close of the Sixteenth Century. 4 vols. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt. (Reeves and Turner.)—This is another important addition to the already consider- able library which we owe to......

A Key To The Narrative Of The Acts Of The

Apostles. By J. P. Norris, M.A. (Rivington.)—This little volUme is one of a series of " Keys." The title is not very happily chosen, for it suggests one of the "cram" books......

The Lands Of Scott, By James F. Hummel (black.)—this Is

a laborious and exhaustive work about one of our groat national writora which we ewe, as indeed we do often owe such works, to the energy and enthusiasm of a foreigner. Mr.......

The Ecclesiastical Polity Of The New Testament. By G. A.

Jacob, D.D. (Strahan.)—This is an able, well-roasonod book, more powerful, perhaps, in its destructive than in its constructive aspect, but certainly a valuable contribution to......