17 JULY 1875, page 22

Speech In Season.*

THESE discourses appear to have been spoken extempore, and prove Mr. Haweis to be the possessor of very rare gifts of eloquence. Unlike most extempore sermons, they are from......

The Life And Character Of Erasmus. By The Rev. A.

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Letters From China And Japan. By L. D. S. (henry

S. King and Co.)—This prettily got-up little volume is one which ought to be held up to all lady travellers in either hemisphere as an example of the sort of thing they ought......

Current Literature.

The Original. By the late Thomas Walker. Fifth Edition, by W. A. Guy, M.B. (Renshaw.)—Dr. Guy deserves our thanks for sending out this new edition of a work full of instruction......

The Circassian Boy. Translated, Through The German, From...

of Michail Lermontoff, by S S. Conant. (Boston : Osgood and Co.)—This is a remarkable book. The author of whose most popular work it gives us an English version was a great......