12 APRIL 1879, page 23

Wa_lpole's History Of England *

ALTHOUGH, as we shall presently see, the publication of these two volumes is, at the present moment, of the highest political importance, the author personally deserves the......

Tue Poets-laureate Of England.*

Ma. HAMILTON'S subject is not a new one, for a volume called The Lives of the Poets-Laureate was published about a quarter of a century ago. He has, however, bestowed some......