Poetry.—poems. By Matthew Arnold. (routledge And Sons.)...
reprint of a volume published by the poet in 1853, itself mainly a reprint of the earlier volume published anony- mously (by " A*****," if we remember right), in 1819 and 1852.......
Cheer ! Boys, Cheer ! " Memories Of Men And
Music. By Henry Russell. (J. Macqueen.)—Mr. Russell puts together under the title of one of his most successful songs the recollections of his musical career. Of men, he has......
For Such Is Life. By Silas K. Hocking. (frederick Warne
and Co.)—This book is quite characteristic of its author, who has obtained a very considerable reputation and a large clientele by a series of fictions that are written with......
The Magazines.
THE Nineteenth Century is the most interesting of the maga- zines this month, though we cannot give Sir Wemyss Reid, -whose article is on the Russian distrust of England, credit......
Current Literature.
The Poe'ry of Robert Burns. Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thom is F. Henderson. Vol. II. "Posthumous Pieces." (T. C. and E. C. Jack, Edinburgh.)—In one of Edward......
The Cleekins Inn. By James C. Dibdin. (a. Constable And
Co.)—The subject of the story is sufficiently indicated by its sub-title," A Tale of Smuggling in the '45." There are smugglers in it, and there are Jacobites. The hero, who is......
A History Of The Univzrsity Of Aberdeen, 1495 - 1895. By...
Malcolm Bulloch, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Aberdeen enjoyed for m my years the unique distinction of having two Universities. All England had to be content with two while a......
Essay On Indifference In Matters Of Religion. By The Abbe
F. De Lamennais. Translated by Lord Stanley of Alderley. (J. Macqueen.)—Lord Stanley translated this book, the first volume of the Essay, in 1862, lost the MS., and recently......
The King's Peace. By F. A. Inderwick, Q C. (swan
Sonnen- schein and Co.)—This volume is one of the "Social England Series," edited by Mr. Kenelus D. Cotes. Mr. Inderwick defines his task by the sub-title of "A Historical......