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The Prisons Bill.

[TO TRH EDITOR OF Tall SPBOTATOE.1 Silt,--Mr. Cross's Bill has many features in it worthy of con- sideration and public support, but unfortunately, in its present form, it......

Books.

MR. DE VERE'S DRAMA OF " ST. THOMAS."• Tam is a poem of the same order,—and a high order it is,—as Mr. De Vere's Alexander the Great. From the first page to the last, it has in......

Compulsory Education In New York City.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—Dtuing a visit to the United States, from which I have just returned, I have obtained the Report of the Board of Education for the City......