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The Idstone Papers.*

To old sportsmen who are troubled with the " anno domini com- plaint "—as a friend of the present writer's expressively denomi- nates the ailments of increasing years, a joke of......

The North-german Army.*

* The Army of the North-pernian Confederation. By a Prussian General. Trans- lated by Colonel Edward Newdigato. London: Henry S. King and Co. COLONEL NEWDIGATE performed a......