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Homer And His Age.*

THOSE who love Homer or admire' Mr. Lang will take up this volume with eagerness, only to close it with a sigh, while the critic who dreamed of finding matter for a pleasant......

The Annals Of Islam.*

TOWARDS the close of the sixth century Weatern Asia and the greater part of Europe were divided betWeen Rome and Persia. The Roman Empire, seated at Byzantium, had recently......