16 MAY 1896, page 26

Current Literature.

The Journal of the Royal Statislical Society is a storehouse of facts relating to all departments of the national life,—facts which ought to be of the highest value to the......

The Poor Law And The Poor.*

Ms. THOMAS MacrcaY is a very clear and persuasive ex- ponent of what may be called the orthodox school of Poor- law reformers,—the school which aims, in his words, at "such an......

Ancient Lives Of Scottish Saints. Translated By W. M....

D.D. (Alexander Gardner.)—This volume gives a translation of the principal Lives in the author's new and enlarged edition of Pinkerton's " Vitas Antiqute Sanctorum Scotia:: "......

French Readings For Beginners. By Ed. Malvin....

be found a helpful little volume. It contains fifty odd extracts, in prose and verse, furnished with a complete vocabulary, and brought into a very reasonable compass. The......