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An American View Of Intellectual Liberty.* " I'll Call The

work ' Longinus o'er a bottle, Or every critic his own Aristotle." So Byron wrote in jest; bat in plain truth every critic is always his own Aristotle. Now, Mr. Holland's......

Miss Lyall's New Novel.*

THE ordinary novels of the day may be divided into two classes. There is the what may be called " the course of true love never does run smooth" class. The characters are quite......

Current Literature.

The Scottish Church, which has recently been started to defend the Northern Establishment,, and still more to give expression to the literary talent that exists in, or is not......