Benjamin Franklin. By John Back Mcmaster. (kegan Paul,...
Co.)—In determining Franklin's place among Ameri- can men of letters, the writer has set himself a peculiar, if not difficult task. The Franklin literature is extensive—all has......
Current Literature.
The principal article in the Universal Review for November (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.) is an attempt to answer the Protest against competitive examinations by the statistical......
The Works Of John Kaye, Bishop Of Lincoln. 8 Vols.
(Rivingtons.) —We noticed on a previous occasion the appearance of the first volumes of this edition ; we have now to record its completion, at the same time expressing our......
Demosthenes' Orations Against Philip. With Introductions...
Abbott, M.A., LL.D., and P. E. Matheson, M.A. (Clarendon Press.)—A very useful edition of the first Philippic and the three first Olynthiacs. The introductions are interesting......
The Poems Of Giacomo Leopardi. Translated By Frederick...
P. Putnam's Sons.)—Those who are unable to read the works of Leopardi in his own language will welcome this book. His poems are many of them very beautiful, and in spite of the......
Cameos From English History. By Charlotte M. Yonge. Sixth...
(Macmillan and Co.)—Miss Yonge's "Cameos" are taken from the forty years which connected the arrival of the Scottish King James I., and the important questions of privilege in......
Memoir Of Alexander J. Ross, D.d. (isbister.) — This Is...
memoir, written throughout with studied moderation and with a complete effacement of the author in her subject. (It is only from the preface that the reader would know it to be......
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