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The Retrospect Of An Artist's Life.*

Ara . one who wishes clearly to understand the nature and quality of the fibre of which much, nay, the greater part of Scotch character is formed, could scarcely do better than......

A Long Vacation In The Argentine Ass. By H. O.

Roes Johnson. (Bentley).—The reader should be told that the " Argentine Alps" are the highlands of La Plata or the Argentine States. Mr. Johnson, writes pleasantly and sensibly......

Facts And Fancies From The Farm. Lyrical Poems. By James-

Dawson, Jun. (Hotten.)—We suppose that Mr. Dawson, when he says. in his preface that "he is a labourer on a farm," is using a certain latitude of expression. We commonly......

The Silent Flour. Essays For Sunday Reading. Original,...

by the Author of the Gentle Life. (Sampson Low and Co.)—The Author of the Gentle Life is an inveterate proser, who must be by this time insensible to all critical correction. He......

The Two Lives Of Wilfrid Barris. By Frederick Wedmore. (t.

0- Newby.)—A slight, pleasantly written story, chiefly illustrative of the bitters and sweets of authorship, and of the comparative value of the "two lives" of literature and......

Charlie Villars At Cambridge. By George L. Tottenham,...

(Hurst and Blackett.)—The critics, we suppose, are for the most part University men, and the public is pleased to take a great interest at present in University matters. It is......

Current Literature.

Faith and Works. By J. O'Connor, B.A. (Saunders and Otley.)— Mr. O'Connor puts together under this title six essays which speak well, on the whole, for his ability and......