31 AUGUST 1872, page 19

The Fall Of Maxlmilian.* Tars Is A Painful Book, But

not an unnecessary one. It is painful at all times to open up old wounds, and the process is often inex- pedient, but not always. In the present instance, many facts are......

Mr. Cranstoun's Tibullus.*

THE " tender Tibullus " is well worthy of all the admiration which his translator expresses for him, and Of all the pains, or even, to repeat once more our customary criticism......