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We Have Received The Third Volume Of The Handsome...

edition of The Land and the Book. By William M. Thompson, D.D. (Nelson and Sons.)—This third volume is devoted to what may be called the outlying parts of the Holy Land,......

The Three Reforms Of Parliament. By William Heaton. (t....

Univin.) — This is a business-like account of the three Reforms, 1832, 1867, and 1885, with an outline of the chief legislation that took place between those dates, and a brief......

In Literature. These Tales Are Lengthy And, We Should Say,

tedious. They abound with language beyond the comprehension of their readers, and not always correct. "I was forced," says an autobiographical donkey, in one place, "to lay......