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Jacobite Songs.*

IN his new edition of the Jacobite Songs and Ballads, Mr. Macquoid has done much more than bring before our notice a collection of stirring songs and ballads full of the spirit......

Lyrics Of The Sea. By E. H. Brodie. (george Bell

and Sons.)— Mr. Brodie's verses would perhaps be best described by the term "rhetorical." The two lyrics which stand first in the volume and which give to it its title are very......

Current Literature.

POETRY. In Hours of Leisure. By Clifford Harrison. (Kogan Paul). Trench, and Co.)—There is much in Mr. Harrison's poems to admire. Some of the pieces composed more especially......

Sketches In Song. By George Lansing Raymond. (g. P.....

Sons.)—This volume consists of several short pieces; and one long poem which is dramatic in its treatment. The latter is a very thoughtful study of character. Mr. Raymond brings......