25 DECEMBER 1886, page 16

Symonds's "catholic Reaction."*

Ix former volumes of this work, Mr. Symonds narrated the history of the rise and progress of the Italian Renaissance. In - the concluding volumes, he describes its assassination......

Old Leaguers And New.* On The Present Occasion, Sir Charles

Duffy addresses the. Parnellite rather than the general public. The book is not merely an apologia for a portion of the author's political life ; but it conveys a reproach,......