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Won In A Canter. By Old Calabar. 3 Vols. (bentley.)—our

author is of the old school of novelists who delight to label their char- acters with such names as "Sir Tarbit Turtlefat," "Lord Verriefasc , and "Mr. Shirkington Duffer." This......

The Odes Of Horace In A Metrical Paraphrase. By R.

M. Hovenden, BA. (Macmillan.)—It is difficult to know on what principles one should criticise a" metrical paraphrase." The term is a very vague one, and permits a very general......

A Friend At Court. By Alex. C. Ewald. 3 Vols.

(Tinsley Brothers.) —We cannot say much for this volume, considered as a tale. Most of as are inclined to believe that it is IL good thing to have "a friend at Court," and all......