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Books.

MR. PLUMPTRE'S RELIGIOUS POEMS.* RELIGIOUS poetry generally tends to the purely lyrical form. It iq not often that genuine poetry of this class will endure the bonds of either......

The Battle Of Franklin.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, December 3, 1864. GENERAL HOOD has again come to grief, this time at the hands of General Thomas, whom Sherman, you may remember,......