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Books.

THE MANCHUS.* No event more remarkable in its way than the conquest of the Chinese Empire by the Manchu Tartars has occurred in modern times. Approximating in many of its......

Mr. Allies' "a Life's Decision."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 Sra,—The Spectator has often and justly to use severe words, but it does not often allow in its judgments harsh and inconsiderate ones. In......

An Unusual Offer.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SFECTATOR.1 SIR, — Far out in the Atlantic, 184 miles very nearly due west of St. Kilda, and 290 from the nearest part of the mainland of Scotland, there......

Poetry.

LOVE'S HERALDS. THERE is no summer ere the swallows come ; Nor Love appears Till Hope, Love's light-winged herald, lifts the gloom Of years. There is no summer left when......