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Art Studies From Nature.*

TIIAT architects, designers, and manufacturers need to have their attention directed to the production of more beautiful forms of ornamentation, no one who observes the poverty......

Our American Cousins At Howe. By Vera, Author. Of "'under,

the Red Cross." (Sampson Low and Co.)—"Vera" seems to have been muoir pleased with her tour, which, however, did not -extend beyond the more civilised regions of the Union.......

Current Literature.

The Life and Writings of St. Peter. By the Author of "Essays on reader's attention. Its main feature is, as may be supposed, the con- troversial argument, as it is pressed......

Two Worlds Of Fashion. By Calthorpe Strange. 3 Vols....

Bros.)—The most nauseous and.shameless of French novels profess and even trade upon a certain morality. They will often describe the retribu- tion that waits on visa, -while......