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Jonathan Merle : A West-country Story Of The Times. By

Elisabeth Ward Bayly. (Jarrold and Sons.)—There have been many com- plaints of the three-volume novel system ; but it has the advan- tage of distributing physical weight, and of......

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Sons.) —Mr. Merriman's previous novels—" Young Mistley " and "The Phantom Future "—had various faults, but they had also a certain cleverness which was not devoid of promise. In......