4 MAY 1872, page 15

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THE joys and sorrows, the loves and the lornnesses of young heiresses have furnished themes to novel-writers ever since heiresses or novelists have existed. The old romances of......

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FRENCH DIPLOMACY IN ITALY.-1859-62. 5 Tug reader who takes up this book will naturally expect an agreeable change from the French literature of the last six or eight- months, a......