17 DECEMBER 1887, Page 40

Studies in Italian Literature. By Catherine Mary Phillimore. (Sampson Low

and Co.)—MienPhlllimore's " Studies " extend over a considerable period. The first is on the Paradise of Dante ; the last four deal with writers who may be said to belong to our own day, for Manzoni, the oldest of them, died little more than fourteen years ago, Allardi died in 1878, Count Arrivabene in 1880, and Edoardo Fagot in 1873,—being, however, younger than either Allardi or Arrivabene. It is in these latter essays that meet readers will find their chief interest. They represent the Italy of to-day, and the Italy of to-day is a factor in European civilisation of which we do not know very much. We commend Miss Phillimore's book to our readers.