CURRENT LITERATURE.
GIFT-BOOKS.
The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. (Macmillan and Co.)—This is quite an exquisite specimen of typography and work- manship. Though the print is necessarily somewhat small for any eyes not of the strongest, it is as clear as it is possible for type of that size to be, and we get the complete works of the poet, with an excellent portrait and 535 pages of double-column print, in a volume small enough for the coat-pocket, and very light. Yet we have seen no trace of confused print, and should not know that the paper was thin but for the extreme lightness of the book. It is bound in morocco, contains a marker, and is altogether as handy and convenient as it is cheap and elegant. A more perfect gift- book for those whose eyes are strong, we have not seen this year.
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