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Books.

MRS. OLIPHANrS LIFE OF MONTALEMBERT.* MRS. OLIPHANT has had a difficult task before her in this book, and yet not perhaps quite so difficult as it seems. To present the great......

Sleswig-holstein.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOIL.1 SIR,—You have so often shown your sympathy for the brave and unfortunate nation of Denmark, that I have good hope you will allow me in a few......

" Givish."

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — What have I done to be excluded from the English language altogether in favour of my foreign relatives, Liberal and Generous ? —Your......

The Future Commander-in-chief Of India.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.') Srn,—The Tinies' Indian correspondent and the Indian papers have very generally intimated that on the resignation of Lord Napier of Magdala,......