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A writer in Blaehrood'* Morns ■»', of Becein ber, asks the very pertinent question why it Is that priae essays are seldom or never read. Headda,"thechief producers of this commodi ty are amateurs who have no notion of writ ing, and with infinite difficulty send forth an article which has the same relation to a genu ine book that shoddy has to broadcloth." This explanation is aneal as far as it goes, but it im