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Edith. A Novel. By O. A. Leo, {Tinsley Brothers.)--One of

the books one wonders why anybody wrote, and wonders still more if any- body will road ; very harmless, -very tame ; the story, with its very un- original plot of the wrecked baby, and kind fisherman, and marvellous ultimate good-fortune, winds its slow length along, unrelieved by any brilliancy either of situation or dialogue. Inveterate novel-readers may possibly find half an hour's amusement in following the story to its thrnonement.