16 AUGUST 1890, page 20

Dr. Schaff's " Literai U Ile And Poetry."* What First

strikes us about this handsome book is the fact that its bold and sweeping title is too large for its contents. The word " Studies " is in the wrong place. If the book had been......

English Novelists Before Defoe.*

IT is agreeable to meet with:a writer who is not only master of his subject, but who knows how to treat it in a lively and graceful style. There are several English scholars......