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Poetry. — Poems. By Matthias Barr. (barr And...

of anything of snrpassing excellence, ono is not surprised that these verses should have reached a fifth edition, as they have a pleasing musical rhythm, although the rhymes aro......

Samuel Mown As An. Essayist. By B. L. Eisontraut. (c,

Kirchner, Nordhausen.)—It is pleasant to find Samuel Johnson, a man whose moral and literary greatness has not always been ap- preciated by his countrymen, estimated with......