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The Age Of Stucco. A Satire. By Henry O'neil, A..r.a.

(Chapman and Hall,)—A satirist above all things must be vigorous. A common consent allows him to be unjust. He cannot always be weakening his condemnations by reservations,......

Current Literature.

The Theology of the New Testament, By the Rev, J. J. Van Oosterzoo, D.A. Translated from the Detail by Maurice E vans, D.A. (Hodder and Stoughton,)— . Fhough this book certainly......

Gibson's Conquest Of Ireland.*

THERE is a curious mixture of the apologetic and complacent tone in Mr. Gibson's prefatory description of his "attempt to write history in the attractive form of Historical......