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Outside Readers. On The First Page; We Find Allusions Which

puzzle us. What was the Centenary movement whose breath was "partially fatal," we know not ; nor have we road, or even heard of, the book with whioh the writer supposes every......

The Middle Temple ! Its History And Associations. (abram And

Sons.)—The author gives a very brief and, it must be owned, dis- appointing account of his subject. We notice one rather misleading statement. At the end of a very scanty roll......

New Epfttons.—military Architecture. Translated From The...

by M. Mawdermott, Esq. Second Edi- tion, with Preface, by John Henry Parker, C.B. (James Parker.)— Mr. Parker says in his preface, "My reason for republishing [this work] at the......

We Have To Notice A Very Interesting Volume, Which Contains

the Transactions and Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Library Association of the United Kingdom. (Chiswick Press.)—We have here seine very interesting and valuable......

The Second Volume Of L' Art, For 1879 (13allue), Is

as full of interest as its predecessors. Besides the first-elass etchings, which are as good as might be expected, we notice 1 .a number of rough sketches, representing in a......