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CURRENT LITERATURE.

GIFT-BOOKS.

familiar subject, which, however, can hardly be exhausted, so full is it of the elements of all that makes a story interesting. The personages whom Miss Raymond depicts are not too tran- scendentally good. They keep the faith, but it is in weakness, sometimes even with falling back. But they keep their eyes fixed on the goal, and struggle out at last into peace. It is a curious mistake that has allowed such words as "Abbe," "Cure," and "Renee," to pass through the press. It is inevitable but that some of Miss Raymond's readers will blunder over them. Greek without accents looks unscholarly ; but French without them is absolutely wrong.