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IN this "story of modern life" the author has made a very great mistake as regards his subject and the means of exciting sym- pathy. The subject is narrow, -vicious, and low ;......

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Booze. Castle Avon. By the Author of "Thailia Wyndham," &c. In three volumes. The Fortunes of Francis Croft; an Autobiography. In three volumes. Reminiscences of the Burmese War......