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The Essential Characteristics Of The Romantic And...

C. H. Herford, B.A. Members' Prize Essay. (Heighten, Cam- bridge.)—The writer draws his illustrations from English literature, showing a fairly wide reading and some......

An Eastern Afterglow ; Or, Present Aspects Of Sacred...

By W. S. Wood. (Deighton and Bell ; Bell and Sons.)—There is always something fresh to be gathered by intelligent and well-informed observers from Eastern travel. Mr. Wood does......