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Alice Montrose. * Tee Design Of This American Novel Is To

offer a sort of counterpoise to Uncle Tom's Cabin in a friendly way, by developing the ex- cellences of the South as well as the merits of the North. Either the fair writer is......

On The 18th June, At St. Paul's College, Victoria, Hongkong,

the Wife of the Bishop of Victoria, of a son. On the 13th August, in Princes Terrace, the Lady Clarence Paget, of a son. On the .14th, at Hemingford House, Stratford-on-Avon,......

Publications Received.

Boosts. The close of the season is indicated by the lessening number of publica- tions, as well as by their diminished importance. Captain Nolan's "Ca- valry," however, promisee......