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The Queen's London. (cassell And Co.)—" London" Is Inter-...

as meaning the " greater London ; " indeed, it extends even further, for it includes such places as Burnham Beeches, Hatfield House, and St. Albans. The volume consists of three......

Porray.—lettiore Plectro. (occasional Verses.) By Alfred...

humour has in a great degree changed its favourite mode of expression. There are two or three exceptions, which will probably occur to every one, but for the most part it is......

Current Literature.

The Naval Annual. Edited by T. A. Brassey. (Griffin and Co., Portsmouth.)—This useful publication again brings some of the more important and anxious wants of the Navy before......

Tstre8.-4 Winning Hazard. By Mrs. Alexander. (t. Fisher...

is scarcely at her best here, but she is quite good enough to be a long way before most of her contem- poraries. The conclusion is a little lame. One of the characters, the......

Pope Leo Xiii. By Justin Mccarthy. (bliss, Sands, And...

volume belongs to the " International Series of Public Men of To-Day." The word "Public" differentiates it from other lives of the Pontiff,—from Dr. Reilly's, for instance. Mr.......