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O dear and honored Southey (referring to the Life in his mien and aspect, as well as in the whole habit of Wesley), the favorite of my library among many of life, manifested such a stamp and signature of virfavorites! the book I can read for the twentieth time tue as to make one's judgment of them matter of intuwith delight when I can read nothing else at all-ition rather than the result of continued examination. this darling book! I never met a human being who, -COLERIDGE. The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey. The Life and Correspondence of ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. Edited by his Son, Rev. C. C. SOUTHEY, M.A. Portrait. 8vo, Cloth, $2 00; Sheep, $2 50. A work presenting a charming picture of the do- | political predilections, the extent and variety of his mestic habits, literary enterprises, and characteristic productions, and his singular devotion to a purely inmoral features of its eminent subject. 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