17 DECEMBER 1870, page 18

Current Literature.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. time of one of the most meritorious periodicals of the present day— the Portfolio. In the very handsome volume before us wo have twelve essays on contemporary......

School Boons. — Matthice's Greek Grammar Abridged....

by the late Bishop Blomfield, revised by the Rev. J. Edwards, and now appears with further alterations by Mr. E. S. Crooke. These alterations are, we think, certainly improve-......

History Of England. By J. A. Fronde, M.a....

a new edition of Mr. Fronde's "History" in twelve volumes, wonderfully printed and got up, far handier to hold than the first edition, and quite as pleasant to read. Its single......

Notes About Aldeburgh. By J. F. Hale. (j. R....

which mortals call Aldborongh, is not a place to which one's thoughts turn with much longing just now ; but it is not an undesirable place never- theless, with its open sea and......