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Shadows : Scenes And Incidents In The Life Of An

Old Arm-chair. By Mrs. G. F. Walter. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is the adaptation of an idea which has been not nnfrequently used before. The disadvantage is that the......

Biblical Study. By Charles Augustus Briggs, D.d. (t. And T.

Clark.)—This book comes recommended by Professor A. B. Bruce's Introduction. The author's position may be defined as that of a iiberal orthodoxy. He holds the doctrine of......

Portry.—poems. By Charles B Arpur. (g. Robertson,...

Adelaide.)—Mr. Harpur was a native of New South Wales, and spent all his life in the Australian Colonies, chiefly engaged in farming, an occupation which he seems to have......

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Sunny Switzerland. By Rowland Grey. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co.)—One would think it a piece of good-luck to have a draft for 2200 given one for a tour in Switzerland; but Mr.......