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Current Literature.

The Works of Alexander Pope. With Introductions and Notes by the Rev. W. Elwin and W. J. Courtbope, M.A. Vol. IV.—Poetry, Vol. IV. With Illustrations. (J. Murray.)—The present......

His Native Land. By The Rev. A. J. Binnie, M.a.

(Griffith and Farran.)—The author of this small book of travels in Palestine appeals to the deepest sympathies of the Christian in the title ho has given to it, but it is matter......

The Way Thither. 2 Vols. (eliot Stock And. Co.)—the Author

of this story has the provoking quality of exciting expectations which he does not falfil, so that the disgust of the disappointed reader is in- tensified by righteous......

Science Without God. By H. Didon. Translated By Rosa Corder.

(Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Seven sermons• by the Dominican preacher Father Didon are here presented to the English reader in an eloquent and generally adequate translation.......

Elementary Chemical Arithmetic. By Sydney Lupton, M.a....

eleven hundred problems stated and solved in this volume are prefaced by several chapters, in which the numeri- cal elements of chemical and physical properties are explained. A......

The Clergy Directory, 1883. (bosworth And Co.)—this Is The

thirteenth annual issue of this useful directory and parish guide. It is not only corrected up to December 12th last, but the corrections and additions rendered necessary by......

Gabrielle De Bourdaine, By Mrs. John Kent Spender (hurst And

Blackett), is a story in three volumes, and, as its title indicates, gives the history and adventures of a girl belonging to an old French family, but who, for most part of the......

Stories And Episodes Of Home-mission Work (wells Gardner...

is put forth by the Society for Promoting the Employ- ment of Additional Curates. As both the Archbishops and several of the Bishops write to commend this book, it does not seem......