23 FEBRUARY 1861, page 21

The Recreations Of A Country Parson.*

THOSE who cultivate the lighter literature of the day will not require to be told that this volume is the second series of a collection of essays by a writer signing himself "A.......

The Poetical Works Of Gerald Massey:* A New Edition Of

the Poetical Works of Gerald Massey, the son of the canal boatman in Herts, and himself successively silk-mill worker, errand-boy, and journalist, will , be welcomed by the less......