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Current Literature.

Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nations. By J. D. Lang. (Sampson Low and Co.)—The author of this volume has solved to his own satisfaction the problem of the peopling of......

A Handful Of Honeysuckle. By A. Mary F. Robinson. (c.

Kegan Paul and Co.)—The "Rime of True Lovers," with which this volume opens, and which is said to be " after Boccacio," is a little poem of such sterling value, that we need not......

Tales From The Old Dramatists. By Marmadnke E. Browne....

ton.)—Mr. Browne has made an interesting and useful book out of his sub- ject, though he has given us something different from what his title would lead us to expect. We......

The Annals Of Tennis. By Julian Marshall. (field Office.)...

Marshall, himself an accomplished tennis-player, has written what seems to us an exhaustive history of the "king of games." His own modest description of the volume is that it......

Queen Dora : The Life And Lessons Of A Little

Girl. By Kathleen Knox. (Griffith and Farran.)—Dora is a girl who has the good-fortune to be educated by the wisest of parents, who aro happily not wanting in the means to carry......

A Descriptive And Historical Account Of The Godavery...

the Presidency of Madras. By Henry Morris. (Trilliner.)—The Godavery District is somewhat larger than Yorkshire, and is a fertile and well- cultivated region, yielding no......