30 APRIL 1859, page 19

Literary News.

Our first item of literary intelligence may be considered an echo of the war news which fills our other columns. Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co. are just ready with "England and......

Coquerel's Fine Arts In Italy.* There Is Less Of The

traveller's description than of the critic's deduction in these Letters from Italy ; and what description they contain is of the nature of premises to lead the author to his......

Publications Received.

'Publications continue to decline in number, perhaps in mark. The most promising book of the week is the letters of Colonel Fraser written during the Peninsula and Waterloo......