12 FEBRUARY 1876, Page 21

CURRENT LITERATURE.

The Portfolio. February. (Seeley and Co.)—Although, perhaps, hardly reaching the high mark of the January number, the new number of the Portfolio is quite up to the average, and presents several points of interest. The "Etching from the National Gallery " is from Vande- velde's "Gale at Sea," etched by Gaucherel. The interesting series of views and sketches in St. Alban's is continued, and Mr. Comyns Carr's notes are valuable in themselves. The remaining illustrations are from M. Qtteroy's "Livros d'Heures," and " The Truffle-Hunter," after Friedrich Decamps.