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On The Uses Of Biography. By .1. B. Brown. (lengmans.)—this

is a 'mature delivered before a society which calla itself "The Bromley Friends in Coattail," and is a favourable specimen of its kind, putting the points of the argument......

Versieuli Aliquot Latini. By William Almaok....

volume of pleasing and graceful verses, never rising into great excellence, but written with care and considerable skill. We give as a specimen of Mr. Almaok's powers a version......

Ierne.*

IN Icrue, Mr. Trench has presented us with a story which, for sustained interest and graceful writing, would in itself suffice to procure a welcome for future productions of his......

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