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An Epidemic Of Fire.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The alarming number of fires in America, more thaa twenty very serious ones having occurred within a week from the 4th inst.,. deserves......

Books.

THE WELLINGTON CORRESPONDENCE ON CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.* [FIRST NOTICE.] THESE are for many reasons the most interesting volumes of the civil correspondence of the Duke of......