CURRENT LITERATURE.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
WE have received the annual volumes of two magazines which it is needless to commend to our readers. Good Words, edited by Donald Macleod, D.D. (Isbister and Co.), contains two serial stories—one seems naturally to speak of fiction first—" The Haven under the
Hill," by Mary Linakill, and "This Man's Wife," by G. Manville Fenn. Mary Hewitt continues her reminiscences, bringing them down to the death of her husband, on March 3rd, 1874, and that of her daughter, somewhat more than five years later, events which she records with a pathetic simplicity and self-restraint. Among the other biographical papers are a sketch of Dora Greenwell, by W.
Robertson Niooll, and another of Principal Tulloch, by the Editor. Science is well represented, though we feel inclined to protest that Professor Mar Maller's " Short Biographies of Words " really belong to Arts. "Social and Philanthropic" topics are not neglected, Mr. W. Jolly's papers on "Inspecting in the Highlands' and Mr. Charles Whymper's on "The Fen People," being specially noticeable—In
the Sunday Magazine, fiction is represented by three stories,— " Dinah Mite," by " Brenda ;" "The Gems She Wore," by L. M.
Meade ; and "The Living of Langleys," by Mary B. Whiting.
Biblical topics naturally occupy mach space ; among the contributors to these columns we observe the names of Archdeacon Farrar, Dr.
Oswald Dykes, and Dr. S. Cox. Among the subjects of the biographical and historical papers are George Fox, William Penn, John Banyan, and, if one may mention along with these another
remarkable personality, John B. Gough. To "Sunday Evenings with the Children" the Rev. Benjamin Waugh is the chief contributor, furnishing five out of the twelve papers. They could not be put into better hands. The Sunday Magazine is admirably well suited to the object which its title suggests.
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