19 AUGUST 1876, page 18

• Ancient Latin Manuscripts.* Tins Work Supplies A Want...

has long been felt. To have brought before one's eyes a series of some of the most ancient manuscripts of Latin literature at the outlay of a few shillings, is a feat which......

Chronicles Of The Plantagenets.*

'I'nz Chronicle ascribed to Abbot Ralph, of Coggeshall in Essex, who died in 1228, refers mostly to the reigns of Henry II. and his successors, and is not very instructive,......

"captain Fanny."

THERE is an epithet that was much in use some few years ago which exactly describes the impression that the perusal of this work leaves upon the mind. The word we allude to is......