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The Art Of Reading Aloud. By G. Vandenehff, M.a. (sampson

Low and Co.)--The author seeks to teach his art by various and very sensible means, and seems especially happy in his use of some of the best-known and commonly understood terms......

County Versus Counter. By Theodore Russell Monro. 3 Vols....

man and Hall.)—The title of this novel scarcely describes the plot as it is actually developed. There is much in it, it is true, about the strange social code, so full of......

Current Literature.

pieces of humorous verse, which have appeared in various periodicals. He dedicates them as a " gratefal admirer" to Mr. Frederick Locker. The comparison thus suggested is not an......

Ke'ramos, And Other Poems. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow....

" is a characteristic and pleasing poem, and recalls some of the veteran poet's happiest efforts. The conception is felicitous ; a bystander hears a potter singing at his work,......