10 MAY 1879, page 21

Current Literature.

The Contemporary Review.—May. (Strahan and Co.)—The Con- temporary is a trifle over-solid this month, though it has some good papers. Mr. Freeman replies to Mr. Fronde in a very......

Christopher North.* Tins Book Is Not Without Defects....

facts are some- times too few, reflections too many ; letters from Wilson at the most stirring period of his life, when he took part in establishing Blackwood's Magazine, are......