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Vida ; Or, The Iron Lord Of Sirktown. By S.

R. Crockett. (James Clarke and Co. Gs.)—Is it possible that Mr. Crockett is trying how far a well-established favourite can presume on tlm indulgence of the fiction-reading......

Five Famous French Women.* That This Book Is Well Worth

reading its author's name-is a sufficient guarantee. At the same time, a certain disappoint- ment is in store for those who may expect literary conthmity in what is, after all,......

Novels.

THE "WEAVERS.* ONE of the features of the present House of Commons is the large number of Members whose work, before entering the political arena, was chiefly done with the pen,......