Current Literature.
Macmillan's Magazine for this month will, of course, be chiefly read for George Eliot's "Breakfast Party," which we have already criticised at length ; but it contains also a......
The Cornhill Magazine. — " Daisy Miller : A Study," Is...
and we have nothing to say about it, except that its author ought to be made to read Minerva-Press novels for a month, as penalty for wasting all that subtle observation and......
A Legacy; Being The Life And Remains Of John Martin,
Schoolmaster and Poet. Written and edited by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." 2 vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—This is a very pathetic record of a life saddened by poverty,......
Old - Testament Portraits. By Cunningham Geikie, D.d....
A. Rowan. (Strahan.)—These papers, reprinted from the Day of Rest, describe in vigorous and picturesque language fifty Old-Testament characters, beginning with Noah and ending......
Friendship. By " Ouida." 3 Vols. (chatto And Windus.)—the...
of Fr iendship is striking, though it is anything rather than pleasing. Prince Ions, an Italian noble, suffers himself to become the slave of a selfish and profligate......
London In The Jacobite Times.*
SnscE Dr. Doran's last book was put into our hands for review, the versatile author has passed away from the world of authors • Basile. By the Author of " Four Messengers," ac.......