CURRENT LITERATURE.
Hungary and its People. By Louis Felbermann. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—The author, though bearing a German name, expresses a strong devotion to what he speaks of as his "native country." He has taken no small pains to do justice to its history, its national character, and its scenery. There is much in- formation in his book, and there are some excellent illustrations, taken apparently from photographs, but, for the purposes of such a book as this, not the less valuable on that account. Nor is Mr. Felbermann blindly partial to his countrymen. He lets us see that there is a good deal that wants improvement in Hungarian life. A peasant's menage, for instance, is such as could hardly be found in the worst of English agricultural districts. Sometimes Mr. Felbermann seems to write a little vaguely. How can there be families "who trace their descent from the Huns for one hundred and eight generations " ? "One hundred and eight generations" mount up to 3,600 years. But who heard of the Huns before the fifth century ?
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