11 SEPTEMBER 1875, Page 22

CURRENT LITE RATURE.

The Portfolio. September. (Seeleys.)—This number is distinguished by a singularly beautiful etching which occupies the place of frontis- piece. This is by Mons. A. Brunet-Debaines, after a sketch by Ttuvier, "The Approach to Venice?' The peculiar effects of water and air—and indeed the sketch contains little else—are admirably given. The fac- simile engravings do not call for any particular notice, except that the first, "A Rivulet," illustrates an interesting account by Mons. Rene- Menard of the French artist Mons. Charles Jacque. Another article of importance is the criticism of the French journal L'Art, illustrated by fine woodcut; of which the head of Filippo Maria Visconti is the most striking.