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Books. • Cockbitre's Memorials Op His Time. * Tan Late Lord

Cockburn, of the Scottish Bench, was born at Edinburgh in 1779, and died in 1854. His family was connected both with the land and the law ; his father was a Laird of Cock- pen......

Lady Sheil's Glimpses Of Life And Manners In Persia. * This

volume contains Lady Sheil's reminiscences of Persia during a residence of some time as lady-head of the English mission to- gether with an account of her overland journey......