26 JULY 1879, page 20

The Mystery Op Hillard.*

THE name of Mr. Richard Dowling is unfamiliar to us, and as its title-page records no previous literary achievements, we; are justified in inferring that The -Mystery of Milani......

Gwen.*

A NEW poet has generally much to contend against. Critics are shy of acknowledging his power, and readers are prone to measure him by familiar standards. His very originality is......