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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, NO. CLXXVI., is just published.
CONTENTS:
1. POULTRY LITERATURE.
2. WOMEN IN FRANCE--MADAME DE MAINTENON.
3. JULIUS CAESAR--MERIVALES'S ROMAN HISTORY.
4. THE REPUBLIC IN THE KING'S COACHES.
5. SANITARY MOVEMENT--CENTRALIZATION.
6. LIVES OF CALVIN. By DYER, &C.
7. LORD HOLLAND'S REMINISCENCES.
8. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.
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