7 MARCH 1874, page 23

Current Literature.

Address of the Retiring President, Rev. H. W. Crosskey, F.G.S., delivered at the Annual Meeting, 1873. (Birmingham : Printed by E. C. Osborne).—This is a very interesting paper......

Lord Harry Bellair ; A Tale Of :he Last Century.

By the Author of "Mary PowelL" 2 vols. (Bentley.)—If the author had said a " pic- ture" rather than a tale, we should have had no adverse criticism to offer. The story is of the......

An Etymological Dictionary Of The French Language. By A....

Translated by G. W. Kitchin, M.A. (Clarendon Prees.)—M. Braclaet's work, which he describes as "a natural sequel to the 'Historical Gram- mar," is a book of uncommon merit. The......

A History Of Toronto.* Nor Quite Two Centuries Ago The

name of "Toronto" was probably first known to Europeans as that of a portage on Lake Ontario, the exact locality of which was not very clearly defined, the head- quarters of......

Kate Savage. By Douglas M. Ford. 3 Vols. (charing Cross

Pub- lishing Company.)—Mr. Ford's novel is in three volumes, it is true, but then they are three of the thinnest that we ever saw, and we feel proportionately grateful to the......

Romantic Annals Of A Naval Family. By Mrs. Arthur Traherne.

now-a-days, bringing fictitious wares with the most solemn asseverations that they are genuine, that we are bound to be suspicious. Still we shall believe these "Romantic......