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Poems, Epigrams, and Sonnets. By R. E. Egerton-Warburton. (Pickering.)—Mr. Egerton-Warburton

takes one hack to the eight- eenth century, by his verse. His "Simple Sermons for Cottagers " and his "Looking-Glass for Landlords" might have been written by Arbuthnot or Somerville, and his "Epigrams" would make a pretty figure in "Elegant Extracts." Not only does he write good verse, but he gives good advice. His inetructions how to build a cottage, for instance, are admirable, and should be set to be learnt by heart, or turned into elegiacs, by landlords of the future, at Eton and Harrow. We must also mention with praise some very pretty translations from the Italian.