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Ten Years. By Gertrude Young. (chapman And Hall.)—miss...

criticising the plot of a niece's first novel, declares she finds in it a compliment to herself as pretty as it is true, for she has little doubt that if matters were only......

The Life Of John Goodwin. By Thomas Jackson. (longmans.)—...

author has enjoyed no common good fortune in being able after the lapse of fifty years to publish a second edition of his book. Goodwin was Vicar of St. Stephen's, Coleman......

The Artist Of Collingwood. By Baron Na Carriag....

Gill.)—Frank O'Meara, the nephew of an Irish tenant farmer, paints, on the sly, the portrait of his landlord's daughter, with whom he has presumed to fall in love. The landlord......

The Orbs Around Us. By Richard A. Proctor....

of astronomy is endlessly varied, and Mr. Proctor, who has the art of writing very clearly, knows how to make good use of it. The volume before us contains a number of essays,......

Romance Of American History. By M. Sehele De 'pere. (sampson

Low and Co.)—This is a book full of interest, which the author's extensive and curious reading has enabled him to give to his pages. What could be more strange, for instance,......