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Poems. By Annette F. C. Knight. (henry S. Sing And

Co.)—There are flowers of many kinds and diverse dignities, but there are none which, if they are sweet and pretty, do not add at least some moments of pleasure to life ; and......

Old Acquaintances. By Mrs. Brotherton. (smith And...

no doubt that these "old acquaintances " are worth meeting again. There are some tales among them written certainly with power, though not dealing, for the most part, with......

Half A Life. By G. W. Dasent, D.c.l. (chapman And

Hall.)--Hr- Dasent must have had a most happy experience of the forbearance of a patient public, or he must possess the still more enviable gift of intense belief in his power......

Searches For Summer, Showing The Anti--winter Tactics Of...

By C. Home Douglas. (Blackwood and Sons.)—This is a useful and amusing little book, though not very conclusive. The author and his wife have evidently passed some very pleasant......

Current Literature.

The Greek Anthology. By Lord Neaves. (Blackwood.) — Most people will agree with Lord Neaves in deprecating the unfavourable criticism which some writers have passed on the Greek......

Centulle: A Tale Of Pau. By Denys Shyne Lawlor, Esq.

(Long- mans and Co.)—This is a pleasant, refined, and ingenious book. It personally conducts the reader through the Pyrenees and the Basque provinces, in company with an......

Claude Meadowleigh,—artist. By Captain W. E. Montague. 2...

and Blackett.)--Claude Meadowleigh is the most carefully studied and ambitions character in the book, and to judge from its title, the author's favourite, but it is not the most......