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Jewish Portraits. By Lady Magnus. (t. Fisher Tinwin.)—...

somewhat slight, but graceful and interesting sketches. They deal with Jehudah Halevi ; the street in Frankfort from which the house of Rothschild proceeds ; Heinrich Heine ;......

Current Literature.

The second number of the Universal Review hardly keeps the promise of the first. The illustrations are not so good, the one preceding Mr. Freeman's article, for instance, being......

A History Of The Birds Of New Zealand. By Sir

Walter Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. (Published by the Author at 8 Victoria Chambers, S.W.)—To many people who remember the splendid work on "The Birds of New Zealand" which was......

International Law.*

IN no department of legal science have Americans made themselves a greater name than in dealing with those somewhat unsettled but progressive principles, the outcome of usage......

What To Read At Entertainments. Edited By The Rev. Frederick

Langbridge. (Religious Tract Society.)—A fairly good selection of verse, and suited to the class spoken of in the preface. We notice a good many of Longfellow's, also we should......

Eight Tales Of Fairyland. By Louise B. Poirez....

Gertrude Muntz. (Field and Tuer.)—Of these eight tales, we select "The White Hyacinth," "Among the Chimney-Pots," and "The Enchanted Ruin" as being the prettiest. The......