21 MARCH 1896, page 18

Charles Xii.*

THERE is no figure in modern history like that of Charles XII. of Sweden. He stands absolutely alone. The only analogy to his career is that of some Viking filled with Berserker......

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WILLIAM CARLETON THE IRISH NOVELIST.* IT is the fate of most autobiographies to be incomplete, and this unfortunately is the case with Carleton's, which Mrs. Cashel Hoey......