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Books.

A TRUE RELATION OF THE LIFE OF DUCKS.* Mn. J. G. lima's, both as an observer, a sportsman, and a consummate animal painter, steadily increases his contribu- tion to the library......

Music.

IS A CLOSE TIME FOR MUSIC NEEDED ? Music has been defined as the "only sensuous pleasure iu which it is impossible to indulge to excess," but we venture to doubt whether this......