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Elan Burritt. A Memorial Volume, Edited By Charles...

(Sampson Low and Co.)—That Burritt was a remarkable man, no one who roads this volume can doubt, if indeed he was not aware of the fact before. His linguistic attainments—he is......

Ultima Thule. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (routledge.)...

as that which Mr. Longfellow has long enjoyed is not likely to be increased by anything that he may now write. Nevertheless, the little volumes, iu which he gives us from time......

The Hamilton Papers. Being Selections From Original...

Possession of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, relating to the Years 1638.1650. Edited by S. R. Gardiner. (Cam- den Society.)—This volume contains letters of great......

The Red Rag. By R. Mounteney Jephson. 2 Vols. (bentley.)—

Mr. Tophson should really be above publishing such a book as this. "A Pink Wedding" was indifferent, but this is really intolerable, so foolish is it, and vulgar. This seems a......

An Actor Abroad. By Edmund Leathes. (hurst And Blackott.)...

Loathes made a dramatic tour pretty well round the world, and liked it so well, for various reasons, that ho intends to repeat the experiment. We will not go so far as to say......

Black Abbey. By Mrs. Crommelin. 3 Vols. (sampson Low And

Co.)—This is another study of Irish life, not so distinct as the author's " Orange Lily," which we had the pleasure of noticing in these columns some months ago, but vivid and......

Geraldine And Her Suitors. By M. C. M. Simpson. 3

vols. (Hurst and Blackett)--Thera are not a few authors and authoresses whom no one particularly wishes to meet in society after the first interview, and whose books, even if......