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Studies In History, Legend, And Literature. By H. Schutz...

(Griffith and Farran.)—Mr. Wilson publishes in this volume six essays, five of which have appeared before ; and one, " Madame Roland," which is new. This last is, perhaps,......

Current Literature.

London Quarterly Review for April.—This is an excellent number, keeping up, we are glad to see, the standard of the "New Series" on which the Review has entered. The article on......

English Rambles, And Other Fugitive Pieces. By William...

and Co., Boston, U.S. ; Triibner, London.)—We are always pleased by what travellers from the other side of the Atlantic say about our country. To ourselves, they are not always......

Fancy Free, And Other Stories. By Charles Gibbon. 3 Vols.

(Chatto and Windus.)—Mr. Gibbon is happier, we are inclined to think, in describing the love and war of three centuries ago, than in telling a story of modern life. The......

Early Lost, Late Found. By Wynter Frere Knight. 2 Vols.

(Remington and Co.)—This is a tale of considerable merit, though we must own to liking the author better in hie lighter than in his graver moods. The:earlier scenes wherein Mr.......

Our National Drink Bill. By William Hoyle. (james...

Hoyle's contributions to the Press, under the name here given, are well known. There must be few readers of the newspapers whose attention they have not aroused. He has re-......