1 NOVEMBER 1879, page 17

A History Of American Literature.*

A HISTORY of American literature must inevitably be that unattractive thing,--a heavy collection of small matters,—heavy, not weighty ; for the historian, in dealing with so......

Figurative Language.*

"IN criticism," says the author of this curious book on a subject which he tells us is not affected by the lapse of time,. "in criticism, to w hatever it may be addressed, let......