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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1880. 



ciological knowledge, by Sir J. Phear (London, 

 Macmillan). Henry Brugsch-Bey's "History 

 of Egypt under the Pharaohs, derived entirely 

 from the Monuments," was translated hy the 

 late Henry Danby Seymour, and the work com- 

 pleted and prepared for the press by Philip 

 Smith (London, Murray). " The Criminal Code 

 of the Jews, according to the Talmud," gives 

 the evidence of the wisdom and humanity of 

 the Hebrew criminal jurisprudence (London, 

 Smith, Elder & Co.). Lady Charlotte Jack- 

 son's " Old Paris " (New York, Holt) is an en- 

 tertaining anecdotical history of the French 

 court. James Geddes, in his u History of the 

 Administration of John De Witte," of which 

 the first volume has appeared (New York, Har- 

 pers), is working up a period of great impor- 

 tance in the history of political progress with 

 commendable labor and judgment. Thomas 

 Hodgkin, in " Italy and her Invaders " (Oxford, 

 Clarendon Press), has written a history of the 

 fall of the Roman Empire which shows pro- 

 found study and acumen, containing valuable 

 new matter upon a subject which has previous- 

 ly been handled by some of the ablest histo- 

 rians, and generalizations of great depth and 

 boldness. Reginald Lane Poole's " History of 

 the Huguenots of the Dispersion at the Recall 

 of the Edict of Nantes " (London, Macmillan) 

 recounts the fortunes of the emigrants, the in- 

 teresting information having been gathered and 

 verified with much labor. Vernon Lee, in 

 " Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy," 

 writes of Italian culture and society during a 

 period of which almost nothing has previously 

 been told in English literature. C. F. Johnston 

 has given very interesting, well-arranged, and 

 scholarly summaries of the history of the minor 

 and less-known countries of Europe in his " His- 

 torical Abstracts " (London, C. Kegan Paul & 

 Co.). Standish O'Grady has attempted to con- 

 struct a " History of Ireland " from the ancient 

 legendary lore, presenting the traditions in all 

 their romantic and mythical details with gen- 

 uine love for his subject (London, Low). " An 

 Anecdotical History of the British Parliament " 

 (New York, Appletons) is a fascinating book 

 by George Henry Jennings, stimulating the 

 study of history, and containing some valuable 

 out-of-the-way information. Kinglake's great 

 work on the " Invasion of the Crimea " ends 

 with the sixth volume. Sir Charles Gavan 

 Duffy's " Young Ireland." though covering the 

 period of the former agitation, throws much 

 light upon the present troubles in Ireland (New 

 York, Appletons). " A Guide to Modern Eng- 

 lish History," by William Cory (New York, 

 Holt), is an instructive commentary on British 

 political history. C. A. Fyffe's "History of 

 Modern Europe," of which the first volume 

 has been published (London, Cassell), is a com- 

 pendious, comprehensive, and philosophical re- 

 view of European politics since the French 

 Revolution. " A History of our own Times," 

 by Justin McCarthy, deals with the history of 

 England during the reign of Victoria, and, 



while written with the skill of an accomplished 

 author who possesses the art of enchaining the 

 attention of the popular reader, it presents the 

 views and conclusions of an enlightened and 

 advanced political thinker, so moderately and 

 considerately expressed as to offend the suscep- 

 tibilities of none (New York, Harpers). Green's 

 " History of the English People " has also been 

 concluded, ending with the overthrow of Na- 

 poleon in 1815 (New York, Harpers). " Eng- 

 land, her People, Polity, and Pursuits," by T. 

 H. S. Escott (New York, Holt), is an outlined 

 exposition of the data of the English social and 

 political system. 



Of memoirs and biographies there have ap- 

 peared a large number, some of them imp 

 taut from the light they throw upon histo 

 some of them relating to people of interesting 

 personality, and some embodying critical stud- 

 ies of a high character. "Caroline von Lin- 

 singen and King William the Fourth," trans- 

 lated from the German, purports to give let- 

 ters from that lady to the English King, and 

 to reveal the fact that they were secretly mar- 

 ried. Theodore Martin has published the fifth 

 and final volume of his "Life of the Prince 

 Consort " (New York, Appletons). " The Life. 

 Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. 

 Dr. Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin," 

 by W. J. Fitzpatrick, is a new and greatly aug- 

 mented edition of the memoirs of one of the 

 most illustrious and influential Irishmen of the 

 century. Louis Kossuth's "Memoirs of my 

 Exile," translated by Ferencz Jausz (New 

 York, Appletons), is not so much a narrative 

 of personal experiences as an impassioned pro- 

 test against the extinction of Hungarian nation- 

 al independence. "Francis Deak" (London, 

 Macmillan) is an account of the life and work of 

 that illustrious Hungarian patriot and states- 

 man. " Four Centuries of English Letters " con- 

 tains typical and entertaining selections from 

 the correspondence of every remarkable epistol- 

 ary writer from the Paston letters to those of 

 Prince Albert W. Baptiste Scoones, editor. 

 The " Life and Letters " of Chief-Justice Camp- 

 bell has been prepared by his daughter, Mrs. 

 Hardcastle. The " Memoirs of Prince Metter- 

 nich," which appeared in 1879, have been trans- 

 lated into English by Mrs. Alexander Napier 

 (New York, Scribners). Guizot's memoirs by 

 his daughter, Madame de Witt, have been trans- 

 lated by M. C. M. Simpson, " Monsieur Guizot 

 in Private Life " (London, Chapman & Hnll). 

 " The Early History of Charles James Fox " is 

 by George Otto Trevelyan, the most brilliant 

 biographer of the time (New York, Harpei>). 

 Henry W. Lucy's "Gladstone" (Harpers) is a 

 well- written biographical sketch of the Premier. 

 The keen and profound critical perceptions of 

 Georg Brandes are directed to a worthy subject 

 in his study of " Lord Beacon sfi eld," translated 

 by Mrs. George Sturge (New York, Scribners). 

 A memorial sketch of the remarkable wife of 

 the historian Grote, " Mrs. Grote, a Study," is 

 by Lady Eastlake (London, Murray). Dr. W. 



