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The Impeachment Of Mary Stuart, And Other Papers,...

Biographical. By John Skelton. (Blackwood.)—We had almost thrown this volume aside. "Mary Stuart" is a hopeless subject, on which argu- ment, such are the causes which determine......

Scaook-boons.—a Summary Of Modern History. Translated...

31. Michelet, and continued to the present time, by M. C. 3L Simpson. (Macmillan.) "Modern History," with M. Micholet, begins with the fall of Constantinople, probably as......

Olivia Raleigh. By W. W. Follett Synge. (chapman And Hall.)—

The interest of Olivia Raleigh lies in the answer to a curious question in casuistry. A young man has a large fortune left to him, on the con- dition that he marries a certain......

Songs Of The Noon-tide Rest. By Lucy Massey....

is a volume of genuine poetry, though with too little variety of tone to win a general recognition of its merits. "Those verses," says the author, in her preface, "have for......