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The Circuit Rider. By Edward Eggleston. (routledge.)...

be guessed from the title, is a tale of the preachers of Methodism in the Western States of America, in days before the West had begun to rival the East in civilisation. We......

Civil Service. By J. T. Listado. 2 Vols. (henry S:

King and Co.)— Mr. Listado is pleased to call his novel by this title of "Civil Service," and he justifies the name by a smart description, of the caricature kind, of a Public......

Current Literature.

History of Sculpture, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. By Dr. Wilhelm Ltibke. Translated by F. E. Bennett. 2 vols. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—We cannot do more than......

Lady Willacy's Protafgees ; Or, Homes For The Homeless. By

Agnes Gray. (Oliphant.)—This is a story written to illustrate the benefits of the " boarding-out " system. The object has our heartiest sympathy, and as books written with an......

Messrs. Simcox's Demosthenes And .ischines De Corona.*

Is is unfortunate that we have no contemporary history of the rise of the Macedonian power under Philip, and of its struggle with Athens. Such a history once existed, the work......