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A Primer to Browning. By Mary F. Wilson. (Macmillan.)— Miss

Wilson gives a chapter commendably brief On Browning's life, concerning herself, as is right, with its literary activity. A second chapter, on the poet's characteristics, follows ; the third, occupying about four-fifths of the volume, supplies "Introduc- tions to the Poems." We do not propose to follow Miss Wilson in her criticisms. They are, for the most part, such as we heartily approve, truly appreciative, without being flattering. The section on Browning's defects shows that the writer sees the limitations of her .subject, while the carefulness and completeness of her study are abundantly manifested by the introductions.