Katerfelto: A Story Of Exmoor. By G. J. Whyte-melville....
man and Hall.)—We always enjoy the reading of Mr. Whyte-Melville's books, but for the occasional intrusion of a certain tone of levity and worldliness. And in the work before us......
Lisette's Venture. By Mrs. Russell Grey. (henry S. King And
Co.)— We suppose there must exist a multitude of people without intellectual tastes or discernment, who nevertheless find in reading a way, not for employing, but for killing......
Current Literature.
The Scottish Philosophy. By James McCosh, LL.D. (Macmillan.)— Dr. McCosh describes his book as "biographical, expository, and critical," and its possession of the first-named of......
Memoir Of Margaret, Countess Of Richmond And Derby. By The
late Charles Henry Cooper. (Deighton, Bell, and Co. ; Bell and Sons.)— This is an early work of Mr. Cooper, the learned author of the "Athena) Cantabrigienses," left by him in......
For Sceptre And Crown.*
As a novel, For Sceptre and Crown is a work of little interest or importance. The story, which runs through it like a stream through a mountainous tract, very often invisible,......
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