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Books.

NEHEMIAH WALLINGTON'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.* THE bulk of the volumes now before us is taken by the editor, Mr. Webb, from a quarto volume of 281 folios, acquired by the British......

The Early Years Of Alexander Smith.* It Is Just Seventeen

years since the name of Alexander Smith was thrust, by the publication of A Life Drama, into a notoriety which seemed almost fame. To young and enthusiastic miuds it might......