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Current Literature.

The fifth volume of the new edition of Chambers's Bncyclo- prdia is, in respect of biographies, especially interesting and important. Among these are a careful Life of Goethe by......

The World And The Cloister. By Oswald John Simon. •

2 vols. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a tale of a serious kind, which a thoughtful reader, whether he agree with its main purpose or no, will certainly find repay the trouble of......

Scottish National Memorials.*

THIS is, like The Century of Portraits which was noticed in the Spectator some time ago, one of those truly magnificent books which are among the results of the Glasgow......

Strange True Stories Of Louisiana. By George W. Cable....

Paul, Trench, Trlibner, and Co.)—Mr. Cable has been at great pains to collect these "true stories," and to examine the evidence for their authenticity, evidence which he sets......