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Books.

AMERICAN LITERATURE—ITS HISTORY.* WE have already mentioned Mr. Benjamin Moran's contributions towards a history of " American Literature " in Triibner's Guide : we now give a......

Chevalier On The Fall In The Value Of Gold.*

THIS treatise, greatly enlarged from a paper which originally ap- peared in the _Revue des deux itiondes, will scarcely extend the reputation of its distinguished author. It......