3 DECEMBER 1887, page 24

Acting On The Square, By Harriett Bonitwood (john F. Shaw),

is a very successful attempt to express, in the form of a diary, the moral experiences of a schoolboy of twelve. This boy, Harold Seymour, has a good genius in the person of......

Current Literature,

GIFT-BOOKS. The Fiddler of Lagoa (Hatchards) is a good example of the well- known style of the author of "Mademoiselle Mori," although it errs in being far too long. Gods, the......

Life In The Red Brigade, And Fort Desolation. By Ii.

M. Ballautyne. (James Nisbet and Co.)—Mr. Ballantyne's new volume consists of two stories, unequal in size and, it must be added, in merit. Rather curiously, too, the longer and......

A New Exodus; Or, The Exiles Of The Zillerthal. By

Catherine Ray. (.Tames Nisbet and Co.)—This is a very pleasing story of modern Protestantism and persecution in the Tyrol—or, at least, of each Pro- testantism and persecution......

The Magazines.

THE serious magazines of the month are, we think, rather unusually devoid of interest for the ordinary reader. There are plenty of fair, if rather heavy essays ; but the supply......