20 FEBRUARY 1892, page 22

Players Of The Period.*

THESE volumes, though marred by great defects in literary taste, are worth reading. And it is very necessary to say this at starting, as a reader who opens them casually may......

Mr. Pods' Essays.*

ONE of the least successful of some very interesting essays by Mr. Marcus Dods has been chosen by him to give the title to his volume. The picture of Erasmus as a man, indeed,......

The Historical Manuscripts Commission.* In Spite Of...

by an intermittent appeal to history, may have awakened or revived interest in the story of the closing years of the eighteenth century, it cannot be said Oat, outside of Mr.......