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Books.

A NEW ZEALAND POET.* THERE is power, buoyancy, intellectual subtlety, and vivid picture enough in this book to make out a great many poems which would strike the attention of......

Poetry.

THE LEGEND OF S. VITALIS.* VITAL'S stood before his cell and mused ; "'Of women cometh wickedness,' so spake Jesus, the son of Sirach, speaking truth. I thank Thee, Lord, that......