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The Growth And Administration Of The British Colonies,...

Rev. W. P. Greswell. (Blackie and Son.)—This is a volume of the " Victorian Era Series." Mr. Greswell gives his first chapter to "Oar Colonial System," criticising its......

Novels Of The Week.* Close On The Heels Of Mr.

Neil Munro's John Splendid, in which Montrose plays but a sorry part as the ally of Colkitto and the instigator of his butcheries, comes Mr. Maclaren Cobban's wholehearted......

The Odes In Contribution To The Song Of French History,

by rge Meredith (Archibald Constable), which have been ap- aring in are now published in book form. One the poems--“ France "—is a republication. It was written in December of......

Current Literature.

Practical directness and simplicity are the chief notes of the tittle book, in which Lord Norton, now in his eighty-fifth year, has put forward his Reflections on the Course......

Feudal And Modern Japan. By Arthur May Knapp. 2 Vols.

(Duckworth. Ss.)—In these two pretty little volumes Mr. Knapp gives an attractive account of the " Island Realm," as he is fond of calling Japan. He begins with an account of......