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Sketches In Ecclesiastical History.* "a Stcrpewr's...

of books," says Dr. Bigg in his preface, "is not a mere ramble in search of amusement." The "Wayside Sketches," accordingly, constitute together a serious contribution to the......

The Nieces Of Cardinal Mazarin.*

IT was about four years after his rise to power, quite as much by personal influence with the Queen-Regent as by political talent, that the Italian Cardinal, so well hated in......