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Current Literature.

Young Brown ; or, the Law of Inheritance. By the Author of "The Member for Paris." 3 vols. (Smith and Elder.)—The author replies in a preface to adverse criticisms which were......

Mr. Wickh A M's " Horace."* "pm Most Noticeable Feature

of Mr. Wickham's book is its strictly useful, practical, business-like character. An editor of Horace commonly gives us, in language more or less ornate, a sketch of the poet's......

John's Wife. By Maude Jeanne Franc. (sampson Low And Co.)—

This is a very doleful little story, written in the interest of the total abstainers. "John's wife" is a young lady who has been brought up in a home where too much drinking is......