6 MAY 1871, Page 24

A Book of Golden Thoughts. By Henry Attwell. (Macmillan.)— There

seems always to be room for a book of " good " selections. Part of this volume has been published before under the title of "A Book of Thoughts ;" Mr. Attwell has now made considerable additions to it; and it appears as a worthy member of "The Golden Treasury Series." Selections, however, are as difficult to criticize—one would have, in fact, to criticize some hundred of the greatest writers of all ages—as they are, when made by a man of wide knowledge and good taste, pleasant to read... Our readers must take our word for it that Golden Thoughts are really valuable. We may add that a feature of the volume is the spirited translation of such passages as need it which forms one part of it.