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Books.

PEACOCK'S LIFE OF DR. YOUNG. * TEE name of Thomas Young is most generally known as a discoverer of the art of reading the ancient Egyptian writing. But he was a man of great......

New Novir.s.* There Are Various Points Of Merit In Mr.

Hannay's Eustace Con- yers but its great feature is the effective exhibition of two contrasted characters, both indicative of the age or its wants. Henry Mildew represents the......

An Amateur's Trip To The Trenches..

As dates are a great point in reference to transactions in the Crimea, it may be premised that the Amateur arrived at Balaklava on the ad February and quitted it on the 6th......