CURRENT LITERATURE.
The. Histcry of England. By Dr. Lingard. (Nimmo and Bain.)— We are glad to see that the demand for Dr. Lingard's England still continues: The work of the learned Catholic requires on points to be supplemented by the results of recent research, but in the-main its accuracy and impartiality are incontestable, while it is, among such histories, perhaps the most equally pleasing to read. Few histories give the reader the same impression of exhaustive study, while the separateness of the stand-point, that of a temperate Roman Catholic who desires to see the truth, secures a certain flavour of originality- There are points, perhaps, on which the Doctor was prejudiced; but even on these, his narrative is of great value to those who can recog- nise that history is rarely simple, and always admits of a reading- other than the popular and accepted one. This new edition is in ten volumes, is excellently printed, and illustrated with tea portraits of the greatest personages in our history, including Cardinal Pole. The single defect of the edition is that of all modern books of weight—a want of half an inch more margin on the inner side, so that the volumes should lie a little more open. Publishers, however, are upon this point all alike,—immovable.
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