4 MAY 1889, page 19

Mr. Gosse On Congreve.* A Good Biography Of Congreve Has

long been a desideratum. The main facts of his life have, indeed, been recorded for us by Johnson, Leigh Hunt, and Macaulay; but none of these excellent and sympathetic critics......

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THE ROLL OF BATTLE ABBEY.* 1if giving to the world these three large and handsome volumes devoted to the descendants of those who fought with William the Norman at Hastings, the......