9 JULY 1864, page 18

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ARCHBISHOP WHATELY.* THERE are some kinds of minds,—and Archbishop Whately's was certainly one of them,—which so far resemble crystallized substances that the minuter fragments......

The Scot Abroad.*

THIS is a charming book, written in the lightest and most con- versational of styles, but as full of " meat " as if its author had been a worshipper of the dignity of history.......