3 AUGUST 1861, page 21

The New Translation Of Goethe's Tass0. 0 It Has Often Been

remarked by close and sardonic observers of human nature, that there is a touch of instinctive wiliness about any con- scious feebleness. Mr. Thackeray is always asking us to......

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IN his preface to this book, the author very needlessly disclaims the character of a professional writer, for no professional could have BO wasted materials of so much interest.......