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French Authors At Home. Two Vols. (l. Booth.)—a Pleasant...

of gossip about great writers is sure to be agreeable, and this has the great merit of being quite without effort or at least visible effort. 3ladamo de Girardin, George Sand,......

We Have Also Received Two Essays, By Edward Whitfield (whit-

field, Green, and Son), which are good specimens of fine writing ; A Few Words on the Choice of a Microscope, by J. J. Plitmer, Esq., M.A. (Churchill and Sons), which purchasers......