10 MARCH 1888, page 37

Wit And Wisdom Of Samuel Johnson.*

"THE true genius," said Dr. Johnson, "is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction." Whether this can be admitted as universally true......

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MR. BALL'S SOUTH AMERICAN NOTES.* PENDING the completion of M. de Lesseps's stupendous design upon the Isthmus of Panama, South America will not be cir- cumnavigable; but the......