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High Life In France Under The Republic.* Tel Late Mr.

Grenville-Murray never pretended to " high seriousness " of purpose when writing his always sparkling and sarcastic but never too cynical sketches of the society for whose fads......

The Utility And Morality Of Vivisection. By G. Gore, Ll.d.,

F.R.S. (J. W. Kolckmann.)—Mercy and Truth v. Cruelty and Contradiction : a Reply of the Bristol and Clifton Anti-Vivisection Society to Mr. E. D. Girdlestone, B.A. (Simpkin and......

Henry Nightingale; Or, Lord Of Himself. By John Walter...

S vole. (Chapman and Hall.)—We cannot honestly call this a good novel, but we can say, with perfect sincerity, that we have read it with a great deal of pleasure. It is not a......

Introduction To The Study Of Theology. By James Drummond,...

(Macmillan.)—This book does precisely what is promised by its title, and does it, we should say, very well. It is a guide-book, if the metaphor may be allowed, to the......

The Brain And The Nerves. By T. Shilito Dowse, M.d.

(Baillibre, Tindal, and Co.)—Dr. Dowse thinks that neurasthenia has been un- duly neglected by the profession, and that this neglect is very harmful to sufferers. For he refuses......

Current Literature.

Commentary on the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1871. By the Hon. Bernard Coleridge, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Reprinted from the Zoophilist. (Printed for the Victoria......

Poaray.—wind Voices. By Philip Bourke Marston. (elliot...

unquestionably made his mark by the two volumes of verse which he has already published. The third is now before us : indeed, we mast apologise for having so long delayed our......