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Books.

NAPOLEON'S LETTERS.* THE pious biographer who in loyalty to his subject suppresses whatever incidents or pronouncements he deems discreditable is not always justified cf his......

Poetry.

STINT LACRECE RERIIM. WHEN first Death laid his soothing hand On that wan, weary head, We smiled—a watching, weeping band- " The pain has ceased," we said. And when the......

English Vineyards.

[To TER EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR: ] Sin,—The sheep-farmers of the South Downs will be Mt advised if they break their pastures and plant vines. Lord, Bate's vineyards are the......