14 DECEMBER 1861, page 20

Michael Scott Of Bla.ckwood's.*

THIS new edition of Tom Cringle's Log is a welcome reminiscence of other days. Long after the prudent intellect of Scotland had learned to appreciate classical learning and......

The Victoria Regia.*

THE primary purpose of this magnificent work was not entirely literary. It was conceived, in the first instance, as a tour de force • The Victoria Regia. A Volume of original......

Mb.. Bain On The Study Of Character. * Mr. Bare Is

always a thoughtful and intelligent writer, and though he belongs to a school which has a strong tendency to turn mind into a kind of galvanic battery, and feeling into......