14 FEBRUARY 1863, page 17

A Catalogue Of British History.*

Mr. HARDY has performed a great task, for which, except from a very small class of students, he will receive little gratitude. Most readers of history are not satisfied, unless......

Epigrams, Ancient And Modern..

MR. Boom has adopted a somewhat narrow and technical idea of the epigram. "In our own day an d our own language," he says, "an epigram is understood to mean a poem distinguished......