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Selections From The Poetical Works Of Algernon Charles...

and Windas.)—This selection, made, we presume, by Mr. Swinburne himself, as no other name appears on the title-page, is exactly what was wanted. It represents him at his best.......

Current Literature.

The Bachholees in Italy. Edited by Julius Stinde. Translated by Harriet F. Powell. (George Bell and Sons.)—Frau Wilhelmine in Italy is decidedly less attractive than the......

Last Words With Gordon. By Lieutenant-general Sir Gerald...

and Hall )—This is a reprint, in the main, from the Fortnightly Review. Sir Gerald Graham saw Gordon at Cairo on January 25th and 26th, and accompanied him and Colonel Stewart......

Colonial Geography.*

Tun volume is merely the first instalment of a complete historical geography of the Colonies, for which it clears the ground by usefully and clearly discussing the principles......

Great Waterfalls, Cataracts, And Geysers. By John Gibson....

Son.)—There seems really no limit nowadays to I:rook-making, no subject too wearisome to be dragged into print, no end to the use of scissors in the service. "Groat waterfalls,......

The Final Memorials Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edited...

Longfellow. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This is a supplementary volume to the two which contain the poet's life. The editor has been asked for it by some readers, and he......

A New Othello. By John Hyndford. (elliot Stook.)—this Is A

dreary story of jealousy and revenge, not without a certain dramatic power, but certainly not attractive. There are little things which take off from its verisimilitude,—a great......