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  BLACKWOOD'S

  EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

  No. CCCLVIII. AUGUST, 1845. VOL. LVIII.




  CONTENTS.


  ON PUNISHMENT.                                                     129

  PUSHKIN, THE RUSSIAN POET. CONCLUDED.                              140

  MARSTON; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STATESMAN. PART XVIII.               157

  A LETTER FROM LONDON. BY A RAILWAY WITNESS