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Vandeleur, or Animal Magnetism, is a novel in three volumes,

apparently by a new hand; ar,a displays more of the rawness of immaturity than the freshness of youth. The characters have neither strength, truth, nor individuality : what they say in their dialogues is not natural; what the author says is commonplace, outre, and

wire-.-drawn. The incidents we encountered are not probable; blit we did not read to the end of the work.