12 DECEMBER 1874, page 24

Current Literature.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. We may take this opportunity of briefly mentioning the appear- ance of a very handsome edition of ne Life and Epistles of St. Paul. By Thomas Lewin, M.A. (Bell......

.mokeanna, And Other Tales. By F. C. Hartland. (london:...

Agnew, and Co.)—These parodies of novels by /ifiss Braddon, Charles Reade, and others, are, of coarse, full of amusing nonsense and clever extravaganza and burlesque, and keep......

By Still Waters. By Edward Garrett. (henry S. King And

Co.)— Stories with a purpose are apt to be tiresome ; Mr. Garrett's story is certainly an exception to the rule. He has chosen for his theme the simple record of a woman's life.......