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The Curate Of Slisre. By The Rev. Charles Anderson. (henry

S. King and Co.)—Mr. Anderson describes his book "as a record of parish reform, with its attendant religions and social problems." His curate is one of the men, a class, one_......

The Decline Of The Roman Republic. By George Long. Vol.

V. (Bell And Sons.)—Mr. Long here concludes what, with all its faults, is a work of sterling value. The faults, indeed, are of form and manner, rather than of substance. It may......

The Diary Of B.m. The Shah Of Persia. By J.

W. Redhouse. (Murray.)—Having already given at some length our impressions of this Diary when it appeared (partly translated and partly analysed by Herr Schindler) in the......

Current Literature.

The Portfolio. March. (Seeleys.)—The attractive illustration of this number is the fac-simile engraving of "A Girl carrying a Lamb," after M. W. A. Boug-noreau. Fac -simile......

Studies In Verse.. By Charles Grant. (john...

a good deal of feeling in them, but they want strength. There is simplicity, nature, at times some music in them, but even the best seem to fall short of the- impression they......

As Innocent As A Baby. 3 Vols. (bentley.)—this Is One

of the novels which we should like to disroiss, if such a criticism were likely to satisfy either the public or the author, with the simple comment "good." We found it very......