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The Old Maid's Secret. By E. Marlitt. Translated From The

German by H. J. G. (Strahan.)—The translator is quite justified in calling this " a charming story." It is a study of character, worked out with all the precision and care, all......

Current Literature.

Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland. By the Rev. Charles Rogers. Vol. I. (Griffin.)—This is the first volume of a work which is published for the "Grampian Club."......

Rertslers Treatise: Vol. Xii., With An Index Of Subjects To

the Entire Series. (Butterworths.)—The eleven volumes already published were compiled by the late Mr. Lewis Hertslet, Librarian and Keeper of the Papers of the Foreign Office.......

Four Years At Yale.*

THE author of this book has evidently written from a pure sense of duty, and he may fairly claim to have his book received in the same spirit. If the reader finds it tedious to......