Sketch Of A Remarkable Man, Who, Whether As Savant Or
politician, made himself a distinct place in his generation. Another sketch is that of "Christine Nilsson," whose personality and artistic position are described with both......
On July 9th, 1870, By Messrs. Christie And Manson (charles
Dickens died in the preceding month), with the prices realised, and the names of the purchasers. The highest price fetched was 21,050, for Mr. Frith's "Dolly Varden," bought by......
Curious Ghost-stories Are Put Together, The Locale Of One Of
them being in Wimpole Street—a very strange narrative, for the truth of which the author vouches. But any number of these stories are of no avail unless names are given, and to......
Current Literature.
Time. (Swan Bonnenschein and Co.)—Time is one of the more serious magazines. It contains this month three noticeable political articles. In "Ethical Socialism," Mr. A. Fabian......
Of Opposition To Things As They Are, Because They Are,
and even to paradox. The impression, for instance, made on the writer of "Four Biographies" by Mark Pattison's "Memoirs" is, we venture to think, almost singular. We should......
Gibbon's Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. With Notes
by Dean /Allman. 2 vols. (Ward and Lock.)—These are two stout octavo volumes of more than a thousand pages each. They will bring what is not only one of the most learned, but......
Remarks On The Magazines.
THERE is nothing especially attractive in the magazines of this month, though there are many good papers. The most readable in our judgment is Dr. Jessopp's "A Swain of Arcady"......
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