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Charles Knight's Once Upon A Time.*

THIS varied, pleasant, and, what is not always the case, informing collection of essays, is in part a selection from the writings of a • Once upon a Time. By Charles Knight. In......

Dr. Waller's Poems.* Wrrn Many Of The Qualities Of A

poet, Dr. Waller frequently neu- tralizes the effect of his powers by prolixity of treatment if not ex- actly of style, or by too little care in his selection of a subject.......