TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



" THE History of Incidents " is incomplete, and on other accounts will not 

 suit us. " The Last Vacation," we are sorry to say, is still too long, and, as 

 it will not bear further curtailment, we must decline it. " Are you a Tory ?" 

 would be witty in prose ; its author minds neither metre nor rhyme. " Um- 

 bra's " and " Robin Hood's " verses have been read ; but to them and others 

 we are obliged to say that we cannot promise to return short pieces of poetry. 

 We thank our Newcastle friend. "E. S. D.'s" visit to St. Peter's will ap- 

 pear in our next. 



Many reviews of books have been necessarily deferred, owing to want of 

 space ; but we have not forgotten them. 



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