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Customs And Fashions In Old New England.* To Realise The

antiquity of a country of which the earliest records date only from the beginning of the seventeenth century, needs a complete readjustment of the mental-his- torical telescope,......

Gaol Studies And Sketches.* Vms Is A Very Valuable Book,

which should be of great service to every one who is interested in that important question,— How best to diminish crime and reform the criminal popu- lation ? The question is......