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4 ; but it is probable that 'Muley Malek, the King,' a lay of chivalry, will have more numerous admirers. There is also 'From the Earth a Cry,' reviewing the leading events of the decade which closed in 1870. The heart-poems here are highly impressive in their truth. Here and there, on casual fly-leaves, we find curt truths; thus:—

"Here is another leaflet; an epigram if you please to call it so:—

"Apropos of the season, which holds back its beauty and bloom, here is a bit of truth:—

"In conclusion, we earnestly hope that Mr. Boyle O'Reilly, who writes so well, wilt challenge our attention, our admiration, far more frequently than he yet has done."

From the New York Herald.

"Mr, O'Reilly has treated with a beautiful purpose the theme of four men, each imagining the statue that may be carved from a block of marble. Love is the first, Revenge the second. Suffering Motherland the third, and Sorrow the last. All these are strongly, nay, passionately drawn, with that