14 JANUARY 1888, page 17

Dr. Bayne's Life Of Luther.* We Find It Hard To

understand why these two large volumes were written. We have read them carefully, and cannot find that they add anything in fact or idea to the previous biographies. Dr. Bayne's......

A Book About The " River " Fleet.*

NOTHING now remains of the unsavoury Fleet Ditch, which Mr. Ashton, in his handsome volume, has elevated to the rank of a "river," to afflict the eyes and noses of Londoners.......