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The Works Of Xenophon. Translated By H: G. Dakyns, M.a.

(Macmillan.)—This is the second volume of Mr. Dakyns' valuable translation of Xenophon. It contains "Hellenica, IlI.-VI.," "Agesilatis," the " Polity of the Athenians," the "......

Witness To The Deed. By George Manville Fenn. 3 Vole.

(Chatto and Windus.)—Here is a book which can only be de- scribed as a shilling shocker expanded into three volumes. A is about to be married to B, the widow of the convict C,......

The Magazines.

THE August number of the National Review is a strong one, and promises well for the new management. A noticeable new feature is the "Episodes of the Month,"—a series of longish......

Current Literature.

ceedingly clever character-sketch, with this moral 0 Sylvia if you should ever have a girl, never let her tread the road with care. weak and trivial companionship as I have done......