9 NOVEMBER 1867

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The Odes of Horace, Books I. and II., in English Verse. By James Walter Smith, LL.D.

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71Yhe Odes of Horace, Book7s 1. and 11., in English Verse. BDv Jamnes Walter Smith, LL.D. (Efflnghlam Wilson.)-It is no great praise of I 0 Dr. Smith to say that his...

The Pastor's Note-Book; or, Preparations for the Pulpit. By the late Rev. Benjamin Kent.

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The Pastor's Vote-Buok; or, Preparations frr the lU)lpit. Bv the c late Rev. Benjamin Kent. (Kent and Co.)-Tho contents of this Volume I1 are rather peculiar. They are...

The Banks of the Boro. By Patrick Kennedy.

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The Blan/ks of tic Boro. By Patrick Kennedy. -For the somewhat I numerous class who like to look at nations throulgh a microscope this unpretentious little volume will have...

History of England for Young Students. By the Ven. Archdeacon Smith.

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History of England .lfor Yotnn ,SStudents. By the Ven. Archdoacon - - . --- . . I ., . .1 - I Smith. (F. Warne and Co.)-Tlhcre is not much to boe said in the way I of...

Arithmetic Simplified for General Use. By Neil Arnott, M.D., F.R.S.

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j lril//anlti, Sibnp/)liedl i (;,:,aiel Ps. \s N-il Arnott, F11)., 1".Iv.S. (Louguians.)-We could not for the life ef uIs see what was,; l)I. Neil Arnotts simlplification of...

Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Edited by James Donald.

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cham?""-s's Etl,,i v., "l, tlf f, Elitod I)v .Jamies D)ona-ld. (\\V. :'.xnt1 p. h:iu rs .)-.' il Xf this liew Elnglish dict iouar is good tie coilz'ic l 0of wu.ris semli, e'...

Poems: Sacred and Miscellaneous. By an Officer.

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| ocen.s ?' lC,( -1U'l jis(s d hiad {,. :]ui a Oliotor. I ,- . ., . ".. , I I . -. - I (E'llit~t Stoeli)- I T'e verses iu this little hook are Weiieiju. WA foar they wvill...

Songs and Ballads. By Charles Swain.

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Songs and Ballads. By Charles Swvain. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co ) I -These songs and ballads are of the drawing-room. and answer Figaro's description of words for music. Ce...

Precept upon Precept; being a Sequel to Peep of Day. By the Author of Line upon Line.

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| ] "'ipt Upon J ,,, pt h ': u S. pwil " Pi , !/, D'I . ]IN, thi Author I of I~inc lii' ; . 1'art I. (Iltcllald.)-1In tlis little, hook tho history of our Lord's lifo is told...

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MR. DISRAELI AT EDINBURGH.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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All,. I)ISIlaEl41 Al' EDJl)-NBTlttmlI. [l'o 'rmlll EDITORt OF TRIE "S .PE.CTTR."r~'] Sin, -Atiion, the latnly e;ninents on Mr. l)iraeli's E,'linburgli spetecll, I lind lolne...

HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.

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13 0 0 K S. iLISTOl'%Y OF '111}, UJI'1) NETIIEIWNl)S.- '1IE great inerit of 'lr. M\otley as a hliitoriaii. alnd it is a very great merit, is a quality which, for want of a...

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[Sir John Walsh, in speaking on Reform on Tuesday evening at...]

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Sir John \lat in speaking, oil Reform on Tuesdlay evenin- at 1Presteiun, in ulinonshitie, tooli ocaisiou rather quaiintly to pri le himself on havi'n re sisted steadily the...

[The Danish Government is said to have sold their West Indian...]

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'iTe D)anishi (Goverinment is said to have sold their Wrest Intlian I Islands to the United States for 1-., ( 4i')}()i() rix dollals-say. -bout 1 .0)')Ox>. AiThe Danish IsWest...

[A dinner was given this day week to Mr. Dickens, on his...]

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AX dinner waS given this dly %veek to Mr. I)icLi hiS, m hiS d1e-,parture. for a visit to tl. Unile I States, at thwe Freca soto,' 'Tavern, 1bt \Veeil t aloe atilt f.Itir fOR...

[Sir Stafford Northcote made a speech on the inauguration of...]

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Sir Stafford Nortbcote nnaRle a speech on the inauguration of I one of the nmany liWorking-Men's Conser-ati%-e Associations which seem groewingt up under the shalow of the...

[The British Medical Journal has just published a report on the...]

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Thbe Bridi.L4 Medical *Joulial has just published a report on the ! -Clifton AW'orkhouse Infirmary. Nvhicih has only one fault. It is too honest, so lhonest that we really...

[Louisiana has decided for Reconstruction, under the Act of...]

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Louisiana has doei ed for lhconstruction, niLer the Act of COMII`re4s, bv an enormous major ity-0,0i0 U'alnst only 4, Ij) O) But in the N-olthl thoe PRtli'als ar o steadily....

[The Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the...]

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'T'lie Rsoyal ConiniSi-on at inqiire i:ito thie conll itiOI of tile I ribh Ch(uI I'c,-a coiidit tion wM ii ii I) erfvct I v Nvell niown,-bia~s bkeen issue(d. 'I'h lle ]nibers...

[In the early part of the week the Consol Market was very...]

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Ill the early part of tlte wNk the S(iil Market var: very illlCtive, at(eI plicceS tI:H ;l piiil tellLl .Iilttb tiv, 1i i ;V eVer, colil+traitti lilil ttdiO- ii I' i i 1 )t...

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[A tremendous hurricane raged in the West Indies on the 29th...]

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u I At tremLml28ous hutrr'icane ral-ed ill tilt W\-(st lliilio.Q' on! tlie~ 29)tl ()ctobler, and tie Royal Alail Stealml Company haIs s'mlTofl I heavily. Thelit lR c ,,, a...

[Other prisoners have been acquitted, and with regard to the...]

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O)ther prisoners lhave been acquittel, and with reganl t ) the remainder, the Crown declines to proceed upon the capital charge. The true reason for this (dciteiosii scmns to...

[Mr. Lowe has made some clever speeches at Edinburgh;...]

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! ,.r. Lowve has made sonic clever speeches at Libigl -,; -one, I an address on public education delivered at th- P'hilosophlical Ilnsti- 1 I o lir, anI ains)-0 to thie to:.t...

[ITALY has "caved in.]

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NEWYS OF T'HE WEE K. ITALY has ''caved in." On Saturday, an intimnation Ms ,ISconveyed to Florence that the conjoint occlpation wouldc not be allowed, that the Emperor had...

[Allen, and the four other Fenians-Gould, Larkin, Shore, and...]

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Ailen, and tho four other Feniiians.-Gould, Larkin. Shore, and i -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maauire-tried with hin, for shootilng the policeman Brett,...

[The accounts of the battle of Monte Rotondo, or Mentana, as...]

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The accounts of the battle of Monte Rotouldo, or Mentana. as I the French call it, from a village nearer to Rome, are conflictin;; but according to the moSt trustworthy...

[The Emperor of the French is said to have set forth his...]

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I 'Ihe Emperor of the Frelnch is sai(l to have sN t fuit his attitude toward.s Italy very dramatically ill his rev'eptioii of General la -Iarinora. Instead of comning forwarl...

[Great efforts have been made all through Italy to conceal the...]

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Great efforts have been imade all through Italy to conceal the i truth as to the subserviency of the Government, all newspapers having been " invited " to silence, and all...

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[Russia, Prussia, France, and Italy have signified to the Porte,...]

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Rus-siia, Iuus,.ia, France, and It'll.y have SiQni idl t) thle P-t)l eI in a collecti-e Note, that itavinr ref usea aii ilteral jonal inptirv 'ito the cond1lition of ('rte(, it...

[In another little speech the same evening. Mr. Lowe, when pro-...]

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III allotaier IFttle s-ccel tflc *:unc evcning. lanr. Lowo, whlicn pro- l posing the Elillburgh Pihilosophical Iotstitute, lanlnIltui ironlical-l that lis au henlce n- (ler2 ss...

[Parliament has been prorogued by proclamation under a new...]

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I Ilmlinmoent hIls beeni 1)roroaLl. bv Droclaniatioa unlder a new Act to tlil 19th iilst., whne it w-ill meet for the despatcll of businles,. It is expected that there will be...

[The Times has been lucky, as usual, in its choice of a correspon-...]

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I T he h has bee 1al;-I, as uksuJll, in its choice of a correspoil- dc~l to accomyin the AblU-sinixt E'xpe jition. It is not often that a jotrnil call secare for such wo,-k a...

[The Lancet publishes a report on the Workhouse infirmary at...]

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The Lucct pul)ish1-s a report on tllh. Workhiouse Infirniary at Walsall, Staffordshire. The tramp ward is au ill ventilated building, cight feet widle, ' something like a bound...

[Marhal O'Donnell is dead.]

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2Iarshal O')onnell is (deail. lie wa.a not the moSt boodthirsty of the military adlventurers wvlho, uilnler Isabella, have governed nSpan 1)ut that is about all there is to be...

[In the speech at the dinner Mr. Lowe remarked that he had got...]

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1,, t!,h sr a, l, t l ht -liI: - M'r. IOD-_ 1e-Ij ;i~l ti~lt II-, hal ot dgle,^c ftriil the Loi

[There were serious riots at Exeter on the eve of Guy Fawkes'...]

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'lThere Nvere serious riots at Exvter on the eve of Guy lFaiwkes' I Dlay, alld at Iciganiouth on Saturday. 'IThe mob, which had been txCited by a local effort to put down...

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HANDBOOK FOR SCOTLAND.

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IIHANI)BOOK Fo1 SCO ILAN I.). CII:' in hIS .E Is /ie ])/.(IF;/s, sayS of ytonl thla t ill tile I 1y//li 2n Iw i:S o ni elI3n] with ti. fi ;lelliI of a llerald andl t!e iiifnl...

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MR. LOWE'S EDUCATIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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OLDr. L'DJ1,WE-S EDL-CATIBNAL WEIGHTS AND 'IEASUIES. il, the a'renr \vlho tranlsfixe an ea`Ik Nvitli a shaft Nvinc-OJ I_ flo.11 one of its oln fLathinr', . Lowe has dlisl.lar&...

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THE MANCHESTER FENIANS.

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THE MANCHESTER FENIANS. IT is, we fear, not possible, but we greatly wish it were poI sible, that the fate of the 'Manchester Fenians should be decided by a Parliamentary vote....

THE FALL OF ITALY.

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TOPICS OF TIlE DAY. THIE FALL OF ITALY. TIIIEPtlE are tow E'vrlish Liberals, We hope, who can real tie wews of this wxeek from Italy without a sensation of almost personal sha...

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The Prince's Shakespeare. By the Rev. D. Mathias.

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I Die Prince's S/lakespeare. By the Rev. D. Mlathias. (Bentley .)-Wce: have no objection to this Bowdlerized selection being dedicated to. Prince Leopold, but we hardly think...

Guide to Culloden Moor and Story of the Battle. By Peter Anderson.

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G(uide to ullo/leun iIlown and Story of' the Battle. By Peter Anderson. (Edinburgh: Menzies and Co.)-The description of the battle-field and of the battle itself is somewhat...

A Complete Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton. By Charles Dexter Cleveland, LL.D.

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| C'ompllete Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton. By I Charles Dexter Cleveland, LL.D. (Low, Son, and ilarston.)-Un discovering that the two first references in...

Shinar: the Scripture Record of the Confusion of Language and the Dispersion verified by Modern Discovery. By Dominick McCausland, Q.C., LL.D.

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Shidiar: the Scriptu re Rmcond of the Confusion of Lsenquaqe and the | Dispersion veriJie(l b3y Modern Discoveiy. By Dominick McCauiland, I Q.C., LL.D. (Bontley.)-There is...

The Social and Political Dependence of Women.

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CURRENT LITER-ATURE. I Die Social and Pblitical Dependence of Women. Second Edition. (Longmans.)-Not having noticed the first edition of this remarkable book, we must make...

David, the King of Israel. By Frederick William Krummacher, D.D. Translated by the Rev. M. G. Easton.

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I Davidl, the IKing o' Is}aeL. By Frederick William Krummacher, D.D- i Translated by the Rev. M1 . G. Easton. (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark.), -We believe that Dr. Krummacher...

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WORKING MEN AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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WORIKING -MEN AND TIHE HOUSE OF CO)A\fMO(NS. ROlIOSE who. with ourselves, wvish to see soniii real miiil1 bers of the worliini-elass returned to tim next Pavliament. have not...

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REVOLUTIONARY THRIFT.

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I' , i-l' VO 1, UTI 0 N A I' , Y T I I I' , I FF. fphI loo'Tits is very lacky this year. Every week the cot(iduc1 tors of that papier siuk a pipe or two into I he strata of...

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FEYDEAU'S SECRET OF HAPPINESS.

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'ELYDEAUS SECRET OF JLIPPL?A-]r rTri: were bold publishers (among respectable publishers, we mean) who decided to bring out for the English public a story by the author of the...

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THE DARWINIAN THEORY AND HUMAN MORALITY.

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THE DARWINILAN THEORY AND) HUMAN- MORALITY. it. BPkGEIIO' lhas devoted one of ills tliouglhtfull essavs il Al ti e FPrlyIh lly ct'c of the present montil to an autteunpt to...

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THE PROVINCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

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TIHE PROVINCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAN'I). XLIII.-I,()NI)OX :-EAIHLY IIISTOI:Y.- -(CONTIx-NED.) I I M) OIAN Londlon has been so generally treate d as one city, It without...

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THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.

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THE GUARDIAN- A-NGEL.* WI-: nre not at all disposed to fire off the special criticism at Mr. Holmne's' story whichi he anticipates in his prefaco and, very conclusi(c!lv as we...

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AN INSTANCE OF GOVERNMENT BY BLIND MAN'S BUFF.

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AN INSTAN-CE OF G3OERN-AIENT BY BLIND MANS BUFF. IF Rcqpresentative Governmaent has any special advantage, it is this,-that the representative body serves as a general Inquest,...

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THE SACK OF ROME IN 1527.

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'['lHE SACK OF ROME1 IN 1527 *' Tmll: Sack of Rome ill 1527 by the Conitable de Bourbon's troopLwas all event of mnore than ordinary importance. The impressioni produced by...

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SQUATTING IN VICTORIA.

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SQUATrING IN VICTORIA. [FFROMI A CoRIuSPOxDNIXT.] IT soMetiDCes happens that the commonest circumstauces of life in distant countries arc scarcely realized at houme, because...