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Ancient Classics For English Readers : Herodotus. By...

Swayne, M.A. (Blackwood.)—Mr. Swayne has got such an admirable subject in "the father of history" that, on the one band, he could not fail to make an interesting book, and, on......

Lord Elgin's Second Embassy.*

AT the present time, while the Treaty of 1860 is under revision and a new policy of trust in Chinese human nature is advocated in many quarters, it may not be unprofitable to......

Current Literature.

The Theological Review. April. (Williams and Norgate.)—This number is one of unusually great and varied interest, Miss F. P. Cobbe's essay on " Hereditary Piety," based, of......

The Boys Of Axleford, By Charles Camden (bell And Daldy),

is a set of bright, lively, and humorous sketches of boy life, published originally, if we remember, in Good Words for the Young, and coming therefore well recommended. The......

Religious Opinions Of The Late Rev. Chauncy Hare...

man and Hall.)—Mr. Townshend was chiefly known during his lifetime, outside the large circle of his private friends, as an advocate of mes- merism; since his death his name has......