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Some Personal Reminiscences Of Carlyle. By Andrew James...

Paisley and London.)—Mr. Symington's acquaintance with Carlyle extended over a period of some thirty years. We are glad to have these recollections of it. Their tendency is to......

Days And Nights On Service. By Major A. E. De

Cosson. (John Murray.)—There is no need for the somewhat apologetic tone of Major De Cosson's preface. He tells us exactly what we want to bear, the daily details of a soldier's......

An. Italian Garden : A Book Of Songs. By A.

Mary F. Robinson. (T. Fisher Hnwin.)—These songs are full of elegance, and even tenderness; but they want substance. And the hue of a gentle melancholy with which they are......