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Poetry.

THE SMELLS OF HOME. I SHUT the door and left behind The reek of wounds—the cries Of "Sister! Sister! Go steady, Sister,"— The hateful sight of flies That come like mourners......

Books.

FOLK-LORE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.• lux author of The Golden Bough has turned from classical mythology to the Old Testament, and applied the comparative method to illustrate some......