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Primitive Man. By Louis Figuier. (Chapman and Hall.)—This book is written with all the liveliness and force, the lucidity and the felicity of illustration which distinguish M.......

Mr. Tennyson's New Songs.* Foremost Among This Season's...

stands a series of songs written for music four years ago by Mr. Tennyson at Mr. Sullivan's request, and now, the music being just completed, put forth very sumptuously by the......

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