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Books.

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?* THIS is a striking book, with a weak conclusion. Mr. Mallock would have done better to limit his essay to his real subject,— the inadequacy of any theory......

Art.

THE "BLACK AND WHITE" AT THE EGYPTIAN • HALL. [FIRST NOTICE.] THIS Gallery shows an advance in the average excellence of its work, if we look upon the pictures simply from what......