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Literary Notices

... social progress. sit le Our readers, fresh. from the Perusal of Mr. Prentice's be le E istorical Sh-etclic's, in which the spy system is ex- tie it II posed, well find the following passage, describing Mr. GI i- aines's exposure of Oliver, very interesting:- ...

A REMARKABLE LOVE STORY

... About declares he saw I with his own eyes, and which eleven other a persons witnessed) could only be observed through q a spy-glass. It was ?? man at the helm u of the Butterfly, seeing a man in the water, b throws a hen-coop to him, which he refuses ...

BRIGAND STORIES

... brlgands In the forest Della Grotta, between o, Santa Croed dl Magliona and Magglionica. The r soldiers had been botrayed by a spy who had told q them that there wore not moretban ten brigands in the wood, while there were 200 instead, The detaDh. ment was ...

A GAME OF CHANCE

... engagement spoken of in the village; it was rumoured that Mr. Milbanke was expected immediately at the Park, and that as soon as lie came the wedding day would be fixed. Alice made up her mind to act the spy. and find out when and where her brother and ...

SEASIDE PHOTOGRAPHS

... heavily over Liverpool motionless ia the calm air. When the bright sun, after many au effort to penetrate it, as though eager to spy out through the chinks and crannies of the big warehouses, or in the deep dark holds of the mighty ships, to see what they are ...

VARIETIES

... associate of the Academie Firancals, in place of the late Dr. Dalton, of Manchester. Sir Edward Jiutwer Lytton, Bart.-It is rumoured that this gentleman is again to be a candidate for the representation of Lincoln at the next election..Lincolnshire Chronicle ...

THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. LEACH

... After all, she said, mine is the tamest part to play. I must flaunt what is showiest in the face of a few wretched dupes, spy a little, marry advantageously if necessary, and generally all round do as I am told. Ah but there's wild blood sbmnewhere, ...

THE DAY OF TEMPTATION

... I've- come to throw- myself upon your gene- rosity; to ask you for some. You wish me, the woman whom you denounce as.a spy and traitor-whom. you and your infamous comypanrioris endeavoured to kill-you ask me- to furnish.you with. funds so that you ...

MISCELLANEOUS READINGS FROM CURRENT LITERATURE

... censuring others, and we will not endure advice ourselves. And nothing shows our weakness more than to be so shaep-sighted at spying other Alen's Faults, and eo purblind about our own.' The Receipts of Cookery are swell'd to a Volume, but a good Stomach excells ...

TRANSVAAL WAR STORIES

... it, muttered Colonel Bowker, the beggar wants a horse. I wish you to place me under arrest until sunset as a suspected spy. The General looked at mne a moment, And then gave the order in a voice that sent an -un- pleasant thhrill through me. . I ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... Your nbjeots ns'er have coedto lovetheir Qneen; slander bath died, and lying envy, green, With baffled rage has Bed, with rumours rife, The glorious lustre of thy blameless life. In the course of a report to her Majesty, it is ?? Huntingdon, ha been wronged ...

SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW REVIEWS & MAGAZINES

... re-. w a ports against Dudley, and Mr. Lever, an eminent Protestant' y clergyman, wrote earnestly to Cecil, telling him the rumours , which were current, and begging that an inquiry might be n made. The suspicion naturally arose from Dudley's favour g n ...