CURRENT LITERATURE.
The sole fault to be found with the July number of the Scottish Review is that ft is too Scotch,—a fault that will probably be con- sidered an excellence on the other side of the Border, and a proof that the conductor of this now established quarterly pays due attention to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of his readers. Of seven articles in all, six deal with northern subjects, such as the Scottish Language, Scottish Clergy (as contrasted with English), Scottish Loyalists, and Unpublished Notices of Archbishop Sharp of St. Andrews. The two last are the best. The writer of the paper on the Marquis of Hantly and other of the opponents of the Covenanters has really something to say for them. The extracts given in the paper on Archbishop Sharp, from the unpublished letters of Lauderdale and others of his contemporaries, are very damaging to his reputation. They make him out to be not only a traitor and an oppressor, but a timid, vacillating snob as well. This number of the Scottish Review contains a paper on Highland Land Law Reform, which is timely, and moderate in tone, but rather deficient in " grip " and "go."
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