7 FEBRUARY 1863, page 20

Current Literature.

Les Animaux Diplomates. Par W. de F. ler Cahier. (Williams and Norgate).—A comic, would-be satirical, dramatic sketch, founded on the leading events in the history of Europe......

The Magazines.

THE Magazines this month are by no means sirikingly good. "Salem Chapel," in Blackwood, has ended, and the story which replaces it, " Our New Doctor," strikes us as a very dull,......

Lectures On Horses And Stables. By Lieut.-colonel...

(Smith, Elder, and Co.)—Horse Warranty. By Peter How- den. (Hardwicke.)—These are two books on matters connected with horses, each of which has merits of its own. The Colonel......

The Churchman's Family Magazine. No. 1. (hogg And Sons.)—...

is the first number of a new monthly shilling periodical, which in outward appearance bears a strong resemblance to the Cornhill Magazine. It does not begin very powerfully; but......