5 SEPTEMBER 1863, page 23

Current Literature.

The Life and Letters of Washington Irving. Edited by Pierre M. Irving. Vol. III. (Bentley).—This volume of Washington Irving's biography carries us over a period of nearly......

Altogether Wrong. By The Author Of "the World's...

vols. (Tinsley Brothera.)—The author of this work must at least have the credit of possessing no inconsiderable share of a qualifi- cation which is sometimes considered as......

The Magazines.

Blackwood is chiefly remarkable this month for a striking lack of individuality. Political articles there are none ; and the only one of any special contemporary interest......

Young Life; Its Chances And Changes. By The Author Of

"Hidden Links." Two volumes. (Skeet.)—This is a very fairly readable novel, as novels go. It is not one of those works which, when once taken up, cannot be laid down unfinished,......