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Professor Wilson's Essays. * Excerr In Form, These Essays...

and imaginative," con- tributed by Professor Wilson to Blackwood's Magazine, exhibit precisely the same qualities of intellect and character which culmi- nated in the " Nodes......

New Novels. * Th:ere Is Not Much Of Story In Arthur

Brandon ; there is incon- sistency in what there is, and it is badly put together. Some of the scenes are exaggerated, and one or two are of a questionable kind for exhibition......