11 MAY 1867, Page 20

A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry. Selected and

arranged by Charles Mackay, LL.D. (Routledge.)—Dr. 3fackay's name is a sufficient voucher for the creditable way in which those selections have bean made. The editor's original intention was to begin with Chaucer and end with the poets of the last generation. But his publishers per- suaded him to include the works of living poets, and his own among the number. Opinions may be divided as to the wisdom of this departure from tbe first object of the volume.