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APRIL 28, 1855. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, for MAY, 1855. No. CCCCLXXV. Prim 2s. ed. CONTENTS. The Length of Human Life Zaidee, a Romance. Part VI. Poetry of the War. Reviewed before Sebastopol The Campaigns of a French Hussar Modern Navellata—Great and Small Notes on Canada and the North-West States of America. Part 11. The Royal Scottish Academy The Cold Shade The Slory of the Campaign. Part VI. Written In a Tent in the Crimea : Chap. XVIII. (continued) Progress of the Siege— XIX. The Burial Truce—XX. View of the Works. WILLIAM BLacritroon and SONS, Edinburgh and London. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Pries Half-a-Crown. CONTEXTS roe MAY. No. CCXXI. The Imperial Guests of England The Spendthrift. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Echoes of War Prosiugs by Monkshood about the Essayists and Reviewers.- 1. William Huhu Our Nile Boat Paestum of Roses The Royal Academy Exhibition A Romance of Capel Court Simpheropol, Capital of the Crimea. Loudon: Ric NAND BENTLEY, New Burlington-street. 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