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Novi:la.—strange Chapman. By W. Marshall, B.a. 3 Vols....

Blackett.)—The first of the three volumes is certainly not the best, though it gives promise of the very considerable excel- lence which the latter part of the tale developes.......

School Books —meleteinata ; Select Latin Passages In...

Verse, for Unprepared Translation. Arranged by the Rev. P. J. F. Gantillon. (James Thornton, Oxford.)—This is likely to be a very useful book. The passages cover a wide range of......

Poetia.—songs And Sonnets Of Spring-time. By Constance C....

(C. Kegan Paul and Co.)—The greater part of Hiss Naden's verse is of the serious kind. It shows occasional eloquence, good-taste, fair metrical skill, but hardly melody in any......