24 DECEMBER 1864, page 16

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......

Uncle Silas.*

Is the brief preface to this powerful and exciting but certainly (if that is of any account) very improbable tale, Mr. Le Fenn points out justly enough that even the quietest of......