7 MAY 1881, page 22

The Laws Relating To Religious Liberty And Public...

John Larkin, Esq. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—It is a pity that the author of this book should have obscured good intentions and real knowledge by the exaggerated rhetoric which he......

Current Literature.

The Irrigation Works of India, and their Financial Results. By Robert R. Buckley. (W. IL Allen and Co.)—Mr. Buckley speaks with authority, holding, as he does, a high place in......

The Treasury Of Modern Anecdote. Edited, With Notes And...

duction by W. Davenport Adams. (Tho Edinburgh Publishing Com- pany.)---The compiler claims for his collection the merits of being " new " and " true." His anecdotes are modern,......

Calendar Of The Mason Science College, Birmingham,...

Birmingham.)—We have just received this volume which we welcome as the first of what will bo, we hope, the records. of many prosperous years. It contains the speech delivered by......

Some Of The Magazines.

THE Magazines are not very good this month. There are plenty . of excellent papers in them, with much well-written argument and many facts ; but their subjects are rather dull,......