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A Group Of Englishmen. (1795-1815). By Eliza Meteyard....

Meteyard says of this volume in her preface,—" It con- cerns the sons of Wedgwood, but it concerns much more largely the eminent men who were their friends and contemporaries."......

Should Say, A Very Useful Account Of California. Mr....

seems to have no particular views to support, nor, indeed, any object to further, except to tell his readers what ho saw, and to give them a notion of how they may best see it......

Treasures Lost And Found; A Story Of Tasmanian Life. By

a Tas- manian Lady. (The Publishing Company.)—" Tasmanian life " seems to us very much like other life, as indeed it is natural that it should be. We lately read and noticed "a......