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Books.

MILTON'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.* IN examining the papers of Sir F. Graham, of Netherby, for the purposes of the Historical Manuscripts Commission a couple of years ago, Mr. Horwood......

Poetry.

A HEAD MASTER'S SOLILOQUY. " A FRIEND in the playground, a scholar in school, A master to teach, and a master to rule ; Who holds a firm hand without using the cane, And guides......

The Claims Of Vivisectionists.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—As an example of the gross misstatements to which physiologists descend in the defence of their hateful practices, nothing could be......