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Blackwood’s Magaziwje for June.—Wiib alarge class cf readers the most interesting portion of the contents of this number will be that which forms the ecm- ) mencement of a new tale of the interesting series of the I Chronicles of Carlingford. Its title is “ Tlie Per}»eiual Curate,” and it is hardly necessary to be told that the perpetual curate is no other than the “Anglican” clergyman, Mr. Wentworth, of St. Roque*’, who has appeared in back-ground groups of so many of the previous tales. He is now brought forward to the -front, and will no doubt assume as vivid and interesting nr. impersonation in the skilful anl delicate hands of Mrs. Oliphant as other characters which she has so admirably drawn in other portions of her Chronicles of Carlingford. There are no domestic politics discussed in this number of Black tcoml,“ A Glance at the Italy of Cavour,” touching only very incidentally upon the policy of this country, and “Constitutional Tendencies” having nothing to. do with the bodypolitic at all, but only with the natural body in a medical point of view. Three of the articles are .reviews of publications ;—Leonard Homer’s “Savanarola and his Times,”translated from the Italian of Yillari.; “The Life of Charles James Blomfield, late Bishop of London,” bjr hisson.; and the Rev. J. Booth’s “Epigram*, Ancient and Modem,” with in.my amusing examples from that work , and from other sources. In “Rough Notes of a Ride to Babylon” we have a pleasant description of incidents and scenery about Damascus and on the route which .-commenced from that most ancient of still living cities. “ A letter from Poland” gives much interesting and useful information of the people of Poland, their condition, their | patriotic aspirations, and their prospects in connexion with j the present insurrection. The description given of the ; treatment of the remains of Langiewicz’ army by the Austrians is pleasant, and one is glad to believe that the prisoners were so good-naturedly treated and so loosely guarded jus to make escape .easy, with any amount of dis- : guise or ruse that would suffice to save appearances. We : 'will not omit to mention the one remaining item of the contents of the June number; it is a metrical attack upon crinoline, which will amuse one in their reading, but, we ; apprehend, will not suppress the ample skirts against which its ridicule is directed.
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