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Current Literature.

The Authorized Version of the Old Testament Scriptures, Harmonized Classified, and Revised. By Alexander Vance. (Printed for the Author by G. Phipps.) This is a most......

A Steam Trip To The Tropics. By J. Hawkes, M.d.

(Charles J. Skeet). —A pleasant narrative of a trip to the West India Islands and some of the ports of Central America. It is merely superficial, Dr. Hawkes having made no stay......

Milton's Comus, L'allegro, And R Penseroso. With Notes....

Rev. John Hunter, M.A. (Longman and Co.)—Mr. Hunter is among the beat of the numerous editors of our classical writers whom the University Middle Class examinations have called......

Dwellers On The Threshold; Or, Magic And Magicians. By W.

H. Daven- port Adams. (John Maxwell and Co.)—This is a piece of book- making, but a good specimen of that sort of work. Admirers of " Zanoni" will know from whom Mr. Adams......

The Complete Works Of St. John Of The Cross. Translated

from the original Spanish by David Lewis, M.A., with a Preface by Cardinal Wiseman. (Longmans, 1864. Two volumes.)—These works comprise a prodigious development of ascetic and......

Passages In The Lift Of An Old Maid. By "t.

C. K." (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—This book has sufficient narrative power to induce regular novel-readers to forgive—if indeed they do need any induce- ment to forgive—the......

My First Season. By The Author Of "charles Auchester."...

Elder, and Co.)—None of the later novels of this writer equal the first. The enthusiasm of "Charles Auchester " is missing, and the little affectations which disfigured even......

Recent Forms Of Unbelief. Some Account Of Renan's "vie De

Josue." By W. Lee, Minister of the Parish of Roxburgh. (Edmonston and Dortglas.)--A very ably written pamphlet, in which M. Renan's book is criticized with a not unjust......

Utilitarianism Explained And Exemplified In Moral And...

and Co.)—The utilitarian philosophy, as expounded by Mr. Mill, is, we think, by no means irrefutable, but it will not be refuted by the author of this singular work, who......

A Charge To The Clergy Of The Diocese And Province

of Calcutta. By the Bishop of Calcutta. (Macmillan and Co.)—Dr. Cotton's views are marked by great moderation and considerable practical good sense, especially where he treats......

A Short Conversation Upon Irish Subjects. By The Hon. Robert

O'Brien. (Chapman and Hall.)—Consideratkins on the State of Ireland. Second edition. By John K. Ingram, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin. (E. Ponsonby.)—Slight and......