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Mr. Bayne's Essays.* Helve Is A Good Book, With A

somewhat awkward title. Mr. Bayne writes with a freshness and charm which must attract all readers, and with a strength of conviction which compels +respect, when it does not......

A Death Ring. By E. S. Drewry. 2 Vols. (w.

H. Moir and Co.) —When we say that Mr. Drewry writes for those readers who insist upon having an intricate and exciting plot, who willingly condone improbability, and who......

Subject Cannot Compare With Those Which Mr. Gore's...

handled. The great Pontiff, indeed, who met Attila and turned him from his purpose of attacking Rome, is a striking per- sonage. So is the Bishop who did So much to consolidate......

Sacred Palm Lands ; Or, The Journal Of A Spring

Tour. By A. G. Weld. (Longmans.)—The authoress of this little volume may be honestly congratulated on having achieved a real success. Her Journal of a Spring Tour carries us......

Current Literature.

Bremner ; or, Two Months in the Highlands. By "L. R. L." (S. Tinsley and Co.)—The heroine of these two volumes is a Scotch lassie, possessing the most enthusiastic admiration......

Notes Of Travel In Fiji And New Caledonia. By J.

W. Anderson, M.A. (Ellissen and Co.)—There is some entertainment stud, we should say, some profit to be got out of this volume. Mr. Anderson wont, wo take it, to those parts for......