National Republican., 1888-01-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FoREtGy
LITERATURE. New York: f. r. Pelton
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| THE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN
LITERATURE. New York: T.. r, Pelton,
publisher.
The January number has a. o eel en-
| craving OF the interior of the Coliseum at
Rome, and begins a new volume. The
leading paper ls by Emilio CASTELAR,, the
| great Spanish statesman, and is on "rhe
Papaey and the Temporal Power" which
II discusses In temperate but able man
ner.
Alfred Russell Wallace, the we'll known
acientist, contributes paper on "The Au.
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presents Views OF great interest.
"rhe French Women OF the Century,
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The contents OF the January number are
the 1.-TWO Messages" by Republican:
John Bull Abroad" by Max O'Rell; "An
Unpublished Constitutional Crime,n by
De Lancey Nlcoll; "Recent Movements oa
Wall Street, by Cuthbert Mills; "Prisoner
among the Indiaps,n by Gail Hamilton,
and large number Of other papers OF quite
tluui
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| Revenue"
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