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Four Great Teachers. By Joseph Forster. (G. Allen.)—The `-` great

teachers" whom Mr. Forster describes are Ruskin, Carlyle, Emerson, and Browning. His book is a panegyric rather

than a criticism. One might suggest objections to every one of his essays, but this would be both ungracious and unprofitable. Mr. Forster is evidently a careful and sympathetic student of the thinkers about whom he writes, and his utterances have their value accordingly.—Browruing's Message to his Time, by Edward Berdoe (Swan Sonnonschein and Co.), is an interesting study of the great poet. The last chapter, we see, is entitled "Browning and Vivi- section." Browning was a strong opponent of the practice, and expressed his feelings in a very emphatic way.