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Spent In The Service : A Menwir Of The Very

Rev. Achilles Daunt, D.D., Dean of Cork. By the Rev. Frederick R. Wynne, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Daunt was so remarkable, in fact scr admirable a man, that we have no......

Benjamin Franklin.*

BENJAHIN FRANKLIN was undoubtedly a very remarkable man and he lived in even more remarkable times. Associated., as he * Vie We of Benjamin Franklin. Written by Himself. Now......

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Jane Taylor : Her Life And Letters. By H. C.

Knight. (Nelson.)—Many readers who have found delight and profit in Jane Taylor's writings will be glad to have this simple and well-written record of the author's life. It was......

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The Pleasures And Profits Of Our Little Poultry-pane....

Hall.) —The writer of this little book obtained good returns in the way of amusement and of money from his venture, and is benevo- lently anxious that his readers should meet......