11 DECEMBER 1880, page 18

Consolation.

Hustas life is fall of controversy. It seems to be the only possible way of arriving at truth, and of attaining to clear views on any subject. In no sphere of thought is this......

Half-hours With Foreign Novelists.'i

THE preface to this book tells us that its aim is twofold, viz., —"To give English readers unacquainted with foreign lan- guages some insight into the writings of the best......