CURRENT LITERATURE.
The North British Review, No. Cl. (Edmonston and Douglas.)—The North British Review commences its second century of issue with a very
able number. The article on the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew "is a first-rate historical paper, and the review of Mr. Browning's latest poetry, though severe, and not, we think, just to the great imaginative genius of that wonderful writer, is full of skilful criticism. The paper on "The Pope and the Council," which is marked as "communicated," appears to be a sort of manifesto of the views of the moderate Catholics who wish to retain their Catholicism and yet to resist the dogma of the Pope's infallibility, whether the Council should carry it or not. The survey of Contemporary Literature: is also very full and masterly, showing a thorough familiarity with foreign literature, and including a very great number of foreign books. The youth of the North British appears to be more than perennial; in its 101st number it is younger and more vigorous than in its first.
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