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Current Literature.

with the Mosaic record of the origin of things has been generally a failure. It does not necessarily follow, as some have gone so far as to assert, that the two are really at......

Wa_lpole's History Of England *

ALTHOUGH, as we shall presently see, the publication of these two volumes is, at the present moment, of the highest political importance, the author personally deserves the......

The Revolt Of The Women. A Free Translation Of The

Lysistrata of Aristophanes. By Benjamin Bickley Rogers, M.A. (Bell and Sono.) —We regret that Mr. Rogers is compelled to relinquish his scheme- of publishing the complete......

Life In Faith. Sermons At Cheltenham And Rugby. By T.

W. Jex-Blake, D.D. (Murray.)—We are ashamed to see the date 1876 on the title-page of this volume. Let us repair, as far as may be, our neglect, by saying that it contains some......

The Black Squire ; Or, A Lady's Four Wishes. By

Davus. 3 vols. (Samuel Tinsley.)—It is possible we may be explaining obscurum per obscurius, when we say that a "black squire" is the same as a " squar- son." Let it be......

Tennysoniana. Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged....

is needless to say, an interesting book. It is not quite so much a matter of coarse that it is written with good-taste. It is con- ceivable that a poet should wish that all......