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Glory. By Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. 3 Vole. (hurst And

Blackett.) —Mrs. Banks describes from life, and weaves real foetal into her narra- tive. The result which she produces is effective. It would not be easy to find a story which......

The Student's Grammar. By C. H. Pearson, M.a., And H.

A. Strong, M.A. (Samuel Mullen, Melhourno.)—The special feature of this new grammar is the prominence that has been given to the elements of comparative grammar. It will......

Gwen Wynn: A Romance Of The Wye. By Captain Mayne

Reid.. (Tinsley.)—We used to find Captain Reid's stories amusing ; we used to like his impossible heroes, their unheard-of adventures and hair's-breadth 'scopes, his dashing......

Current Literature.

Commentary on the First Epistle of St. John. By E. Jelf, MD. (Longmans.) — We quito think, with Dr. Ellicott, who has added a few words to the editor's preface to this volume,......

The Roman Forum. By N. M. Nichols, M.a., F.s.a. (longmans.)

—This is a scholarly book, on which the author must have bestowed much time and research. It is quite a student's book, the chief pas- sages from classical authors bearing on......