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Ele C T A. * If The Novel Of _rockingham (which

we never saw) resembles Elec- tra, the praises that have been bestowed upon the writer are exaggerated. The fiction before us does not exhibit events, cha- racters, and......

Life In The Clearings Versus The Bush. * This Title Is

rather inaccurate. Mrs. Moodie's new work does not present the same practical picture of daily life and family ad- venture among gentlemen colonists, who have been wise enough......