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Poetry.

In the g lad triumph of a great success, Than for existence to have missed the sweetness In the self-consciousness of doin g best. What must it be, indeed, to find a language......

Books.

FREEMAN'S " COMPARAIIVE POLITICS."* IN this volume Mr. Freeman attempts to apply to politics the com- parative method which has already given great results as to lan- guage,......