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Faith And Criticism. Essays By Congregationalists....

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Prue And I. By George William Curtis. (osgood,...

Co.)—" Prue and I" are an old-fashioned couple who look on life with a certain genial philosophy. We are reminded again and again as we read, of Charles Lamb. There is something......

Six Years Of Adventure In Congo - Land. By E. J. Glave.

(Samp- son Low and Co.)—Although the Congo has, in a literary sense, been very well done, if not positively overdone, of late years, yet this handsome and not too large......

Joel Marsh; Or, An American; And Other Stories. By Avery

Mac- alpine. (Ward, Lock, and Bowden.)—The story which gives a title to the volume is decidedly good. Joel is an admirable character. Among the other stories, the tragical power......

The Shadow Of Desire. By Irene Osgood. (the Cleveland...

Company, New York.)— The title of this book is un- pleasantly suggestive, and the volume itself, although the author shows clearly enough that she is honestly seeking, by means......

Stung To The Quick. By Mrs. G. Linmeus Baztks. (gri

i th, Farran, and Co.)—In this story Mrs. Linnoaus Banks provides a certain surprise for her readers. She has long ago taken her place among writers of novels as an expert in......