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Books.

FRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.* IN these two remarkable volumes, we have a study of public and private life in France during the reigns of Louis XIV., • La France sous l'Ancien......

Stories By Mr. Rudyard Kipling.*

OF Mr. Kipling so very much is already expected, that several critics and friends have taken the wise precaution of dis- counting any disappointment that the public may......