skillful in catering for the intellectual
taste of their literary friends.

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[Illo: pointing finger] We lay our present number before our readers
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their part, that a richer or more varied treat has never been
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trust, our patrons will complete our gratification, by being as much
pleased with the number before them as we are in making the offering.

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KATE WALSINGHAM.--This is another of Miss Pickering's delightful
novels, just issued from the press of <sc>T. B. Peterson</sc>. The story is an
interesting one, and the book abounds with brilliant and sparkling
beauties.

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LAYS AND BALLADS, _by T. B. Read_.--A volume from the pen of Mr. Read,
one of the most accomplished of our contributors, has just been
published by Mr. Appleton. The lateness of the hour at which a copy
reached us prevents us from noticing it at present as we desire to do.
We shall therefore make it the subject of a paragraph in a future
number.

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J. BAYARD TAYLOR, Esq.--A life-like portrait of our friend and
co-laborer, J. B. Taylor, graces this number of the Magazine. We know
our readers--our fair ones especially--will admire him; and we would
remark, _en passant_, for their information, that well-looking as he
unquestionably is, his merits in this particular are fully equaled by
his good qualities of head and heart.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

_Principles of Political Economy, with some of their
Applications to Social Philosophy. By John Stuart Mill.
Boston: Little & Brown. 2 vols. 8vo._

Mr. Mill is almost th