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SIDNEY LANIER.* THE best poetry of the United States has always seemed to- us more remarkable for refinement and fancy than for either passion or power. We are not, of course,......

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smaller, they would make perfect reading for a lazy day. They are more • The Life, Letters, and Friendships of Richard Monaton Manes, Ftret Lord Houghton. By T. Weinyas Reid.......