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The Fathers Of English Fiction.* The Task Accomplished By...

Tuckerman was at one time projected by Mr. Anthony Trollope. That he would have • written a highly entertaining volume is not open to doubt. It is of no slight advantage to have......

Bristol, Past And Present. By J. F. Nicholls And John

Taylor. Vol. III. (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol ; Griffith and Farran, London.)—This third volume brings to a conclusion this interesting account of Bristol. The period of history......

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" And that unlettered time srpped on, Saw tropio climes invade the polar rings. Then polar cold lay waste the tropic merge; Saw monster beasts emerge in ooze and air. And run......