25 OCTOBER 1884, page 20

The Landlords And The National Income. (w. H. Allen And

Co.)— it is difficult, without illustrations, which are not included in the plan of the Spectator, to give an idea of this brochure. It describes itself as " a Chart showing the......

Current Literature.

The Scottish Review. The contents of the new number of the Scotch quarterly axe less Scotch and more varied than those of some of its more immediate predecessors. There is,......

The Eclogues Of Virgil. Translated Into English Verse By...

J. L. Scott, M.A. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Scott chooses the octosyllabic metre, though he gives to the fourth Eclogue the more dignified form of the heroic couplet. He......

Stories Of Friendship.*

THE German novel and novelette are apt to be a terror to reader and reviewer. Badly written and composed, dull, fall of "drowsy placidity," and void of wit or humour, to get......