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CONTENTS : Poems for Italy ; Dramatic Lyrics ; Miscellaneous. 



" Uncommon lyrical power and deep poetic feeling" LITERARY 

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Barnes (Rev. W.). POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN COM- 

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Besant. STUDIES IN EARLY FRENCH POETRY. By 



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A sort of impression rests on most mi/ids that French literature begins 

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Bradshaw. AN ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN THE STATE 

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 HIS DEATH. With some Notes of their Subsequent History. 

 By HENRY BRADSHAW, of King's College, and the University 

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