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Books.

WILLIAM BLAKE'S POEMS.* THERE are few men of genius who demand more sympathy and consideration from the critic than William Blake. He lived less in our world than in one of his......

Buddhism And Christianity.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —May I be permitted to point out to "P. A. "—I wish I could do it with a grace and courtesy like his - own—that he has not yet answered......

Poetry.

TO DEATH. ALL mirth that jocund spirits know ; All joy that happiest lives contain ; All youth that Heaven gives free from stain ; All truth that hath but lies for foe,— These......