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Record Of The University Boat-race, 1829-1880. Compiled...

T. Treherne and J. H. D. Goldie. (Bickers and Son.)—In 1881 a great boating festival was held, at which some two hundred "Old Blues "—i.e., oarsmen and coxswains who have taken......

Current Literature.

Moorish Lotos-leaves. By George D. Cowan and R. L. N. John- ston. (Tinsley Brothers.)—A residence of some standing at Mogador has given to the authors of this volume......

Some Magazines.

Tax Nineteenth Century is readable, though amidst the crowd of contributions we notice nothing of unusual im- portance. Mr. Matthew Arnold finishes and does not improve his......