3 NOVEMBER 1877, Page 23

The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling, by Goorgo Vasoy (J.

Burns), has reached a second edition. Mr. Vasey also publishes A Critical Essay on Critics and Criticism, forming a Supplement to " The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling," in which he discusses the judg- ment which his reviewers have passed upon his book. Authors are seldom patient under the reproofs which critics administer to them. If 31r. Vasey had endured with equanimity what has boon said of him, he would have surpassed Job himself.