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THE

NORTH AMERICAN

REVIEW.

FEBRUARY, 1881.

No. 291.

Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

COPYRIGHT BY

ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE.

1881.

Press of Francis Hart & Co. New York.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

FEBRUARY, 1881.

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ART.

I. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. By General U. S. GRANT. 107

II. THE PULPIT AND THE PEW. By OLIVER WENDELL

HOLMES.

III. AARON'S ROD IN POLITICS. By Judge ALBION W.

TOURGEE.

IV. DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE BACON'S WORKS?

Rev. JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE, D. D.

By

V. PARTISANSHIP IN THE SUPREME COURT. By JOHN T.

MORGAN, United States Senator.

. 176

Part VI. By

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VI. THE RUINS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY.

VII. THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE. BY WALT WHITMAN. 195

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