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Straight As A Die. By Mrs. Edward Kennard. 3 Vols.

(Chapman and Hall.)—The story of this novel has been told before, and that not once or twice only. We have the good daughter giving up her lover, and sacrificing herself for her......

Historical Richmond. By Edwin Beresford Chancellor. (bell...

a good deal to be said about Richmond, a place which has, we believe, the distinction of being the largest village in England ; for a village it still is, though at the last......

The Key Of Doctrine And Practice. By The Rev. H.

R. Haweis. (J. Bumpus.)—We need hardly say that Mr. Haweis's little book (so conveniently small of size that it may be easily carried in a pocket) is worth reading. Any one......

The Boots Annexed. (james Pott And Co., New York.)—this...

naturally requires some explanation. The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America appointed, in 1830, a com- mittee which should make suggestions for "......