7 JANUARY 1865, page 23

Books.

" Nescis, mi fill, quantula sapientia gubernatur mundus I" was the remark of Oxenstiern to his son. It has been taken to heart by M. Philip Mathieu, alias Mathieu de la Drome,......

The Three Watches.*

LIKE all the stories of this author which we have read, The Three Watches is a story of a very considerable strength ; indeed, if we may so express it, cruel in execution. We do......