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Recent Novels.*

Mas. WALFORD'S latest novel is a very interesting and care- fully executed piece of work ; it is, indeed, as good as any of its predecessors, and even better than one or two of......

Books.

M. DE PRESSENa ON IRELAND.* HOWEVER much one may differ from the conclusions at which M. de Pressense has arrived on the Irish Question, it would be unfair to deny him the merit......