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s. Norton, novelist and poet, so well known by her genius as well as her grievances --many of the latter being of her own making. The third was the late Lady Dufferin, authoress of many Irish songs of more than ordinary merit. Lord Dufferin, only son of the last named, possesses the hereditary talent of the Sheridans. A good scholar, a clever lecturer, and an eloquent speaker, he has won repute in literature by his "Letters from High Latitudes, being some account of a Yacht Voyage to Iceland, San Mayen and Spitzbergen, in 1856," one of the liveliest and most pleasant books of the kind. Last year Lord Dufferin was sent out as a British commissioner to Syria. Here, then, we have traced a long line of illustrious Sheridans, through nearly two centuries. 1. The Doctor, friend and biographer of Swift. 2. Thomas Sheridan, actor, lecturer, and author, with his wife, a novelist and dramatist. 3. Richard Brinsley, the Sheridan, " Orator, dramatist, minister who ran Through each