14 JANUARY 1882, page 23

Current Literature.

The Portfolio. January. (Seeloys.)—The Portfolio opens the year with a number of more than usual excellence, fulfilling so far the very large promise which it makes for the......

Mr. Palgrave's National Lyrics.*

IN an interesting and highly suggestive preface, Mr. Palgrave observes that the scheme which he has endeavoured to execute in this volume has not the advantage of a direct......