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LITERARY RECORD— Among the recent publications of the BROTHERS HARPERS are two handsome volumes containing a 'Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during a Voyage round the World;' by CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S. The voyage was made in the Beagle, an English national vessel; was undertaken for scientific objects, and performed at the expense and under the direction of the British government. The results of the voyage so extended could not fail to be of great interest, when recorded by a ready and pleasing writer, and such Mr. DARWIN has clearly proved himself to be.