19 SEPTEMBER 1863, page 16

Usik Tht Gintma.

"LB SECRET DE MISS AURORE." Miss BRADDON ought certainly to be content with the dramatic popularity enjoyed by her novels. Her two most successful works have supplied materials......

The Sun Not Habitable.

To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." Belfast, September 14, 1863. SIR,—In your article of the 12th, on "The Sun as a Dwelling- place," you assume the hypothesis of the sun's dark......

Books.

MOMMSEN'S ROMAN HISTORY.* " Fon a whole generation after the battle of Pydna," writes Mommsen, "the Roman State enjoyed a profound calm. Its dominion extended over the three......