23 JULY 1881, page 22

The Italy Of To-day*

IN the winter of 1878-79, M. de Laveleye, the eminent Belgian political economist, paid a visit to Italy, and recorded his im- pressions in letters to a friend. These letters,......

Current Literature.

The British Quarterly, for July. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—The post of honour in this number is very properly given to Mr. Freeman's " Augustodunum." This kind of essay, with its......

The Little Messmates. By The Rev. Frederick W. Smart....

and Co.)—This is a charming little tale, which is only too short, —it does not take a quarter of an hour to read the whole of it ; but it is written by one who knows how to......