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Thomas Je F Ferson. By J. T. Morse, Jun. (david Douglas,...

burgh.)—We presume, from the "American Statesmen" which appears on the title-page, that this little book forms one of a series of biographies of the leading politicians of the......

Australian Essays. By Francis W. L. Adams. (griffith,...

Co.)—This book is, to a great extent, free from the defects to which we felt bound to call attention when noticing Mr. Adams's novel, "Leicester," in three volumes. It does not,......

Our Forefathers In The Dark Ages. By K. G. Blunt.

(Elliot Stock.)—" The sources of some of our noblest rivers, which spread fertility over continents and bear richly-laden fleets to the sea, are to be sought in wild and barren......