18 JUNE 1864, Page 23

CURRENT LITERATURE.

Manual of Elementary Geography. By J. S. Laurie. (Thomas Murby.) —Another of this indefatigable author's excellent manuals for village schools. Nothing can make such a work interesting, but Mr. Laurie has done his best. It is at all events clear and concise. The arrange- ment by which the child commences its studies with the various possessions of the British Crown is a decided improvement.