16 FEBRUARY 1895, page 17

Books.

TALLEYRAND.* LADY BLENNERHASSETT has written not only a very able, but a very interesting and readable book. There is not a dull page in it,—at least for those who are capable......

Mommsen's "rome."* Those, And There Are Far Too Many Of

them, who read (we cannot call it study) history to derive thence facts, opinions, or maxims favourable to their peculiar political or social views, will find little or nothing......