26 OCTOBER 1901, page 21

C Urrent Literat Lire.

THE QUARTERLIES. Taz QUARTERLY REvtaw.—The first article . in the October Quarterly is entitled 'The Empress Frederick." It is written, we should imagine, by some one who has......

Essays Of An Er Librarian. By Richard Garnett. (w. Heine-

mann. 7s. 6d.)—All these essays have already appeared in print, and some, having served as introductions to popular editions of English classics, must have been widely read. Of......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been rsserred for review in other forms.] from the English Church as it ultimately emerged from the Reformation......

The Ent - Memos Ravraw.—we Noticed The Principal Article...

last week, and will only say' here that the number is a good one and contains a very striking article on the French Expedition to Egypt in 1798, based on fresh material lately......

American History Tad By Contemporaries. Vol. Iv.,...

Nation, 1845-1900." By Albert Bushnell Hart. (Mac- millan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—Mr. Hart describes in his preface the. difficulties of choice which have beset him ; there was so much......

The Embarrassing Orphan. By W. E. Norris. (methuen A . Na...

6s.)—Mr. Norris, on whom we may always rely for something pleasant, gives us what is not common in the fiction of to-day, ,, a suspense. For a time we really do not know whom......

We Must Be Content With A Very Brief Notice Of

Mr. R. M. Benson's very elaborate work, The War Songs of the Prince of Peace, 2 vols. (John Murray, 10s. net). It is "a devotional com- mentary on the Psalms," and books of......