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Ada, a tale, by Mt s, N xonsst, is a

sketch of a coquette, wrought up into an Mu:re:tiler story of a sentimental kind. The evils of self-love an.I vanity are depicted in such a way us to make them felt by the most numerous victims of those pre- vailing weaknesses—young. eirls. The volume will also amuse those who seek no higher gi atificatiun, by its lively glimpses cf character and society.