Part 3

Mr. Ballou has for many years been known as one of the most industrious, accurate, and entertaining of American scholars. The present volume (his latest work) is a peculiarly interesting one, full of anecdotes and _memorabilia_, which set forth the intimate inner lives of the world's heroes and notables. They have been gathered from the most recondite sources, and skilfully massed in attractive array, forming a great collection, that is at once valuable and interesting.

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Mrs. Browning's Love Sonnets.

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A new volume of poems by Nora Perry is now ready, and its publication will be welcomed with great interest by the thousands of admirers of this brilliant and piquant writer.

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Mr. Wertheimber, of a scholarly Austrian family, went to Japan about the year 1870, and spent many years there, in the service of the Japanese Government. He was an extensive traveller among the inland districts and villages; and contributed many articles and series to the _Japan Mail_, and other publications. The present book is a romance of the sword, full of charming local color, true to life as it is in Japan, and full of deep and enchaining interest. Its mechanical make-up is sumptuous in every respect.

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A brilliant and picturesque romance in verse, dealing with the period of the Minnesingers, in the Rheinland, Padua, and Auvergne. Mr. Carpenter has long been known as one of our most spirited and vigorous poets.

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