The Student's Chart of English Literature. Arranged by J. W.
Morris, F.L.S. (Longmans.)—Mr. Morris says that the plan of this chart is but partly original. We should pay him a higher compliment. It seems to us very original, though not perhaps in the sense which he would attribute to that word. " The page is divided by vertical lines (red) into spaces representing centuries, and by others (faint) into periods of teu years. The names of poets and the titles of their poems are painted in red, while prose is represented by blue." The effect is picturesque, and the student will see at a glance what was the chief work of each author, whether he wrote in poetry or prose, in what year he was born, and in what year he died. Yet the authors are sometimes represented by works which do not rank as their best or their most popular. Goldsmith, for instance, is better known by "The Vicar of Wakefield" than by "The Traveller," and Captain Marryat by "Peter Simple" than by "Masterman Ready." Again, why should Sheridan's " School for Scandal " and Congreve's " Old Bachelor " have the red hue of poetry ?
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