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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1865. 



Lecture on Archaeology," by Mr. Churchill Bab- 

 ington ; " Etoniana ; " " Memorials, Archaeologi- 

 cal and Historical, of Chester, Manchester, St. 

 Asaph, and Bangor," by Mr. Mackenzie Waleott ; 

 "Ancient British Sculptured Rocks of Nor- 

 thumberland and the Eastern Borders," by Mr. 

 George Tate; "The Ancient Pillar Stones of 

 Scotland : an Inquiry," by Mr. George More ; 

 " The Killarney Lakes," by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. 

 Hall ; " History of Caricature and Grotesque in 

 Literature and Art," by Mr. Thomas Wright ; " A 

 Century of Potting in the City of "Worcester," 

 by Mr. R. W. Binns ; " Three Notelets on Shake- 

 speare," by Mr. "William J. Thorns, referring to 

 the Folk Lore embodied in some of Shakespeare's 

 Plays ; " Notices Illustrative of the Drama and 

 other Popular Amusements, chiefly in the 

 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," by Mr. 

 William Kelly ; " The Book of Were Wolves," 

 by Mr. Sabine Baring Gould ; several works on 

 matters connected with the times and death 

 of King Arthur; "Primitive Marriage," by 

 John F. McLennan, Advocate, a remarkable 

 work ; "Popular Romances of the West of Eng- 

 land: or, the Drolls, Traditions, and Supersti- 

 tions of Old Cornwall," collected by Mr. Robert 

 Hunt, two volumes; "Cornwall and its Coasts," 

 by M. Alphonso Esquiros ; " Walk from London 

 to Land's End and back," with Notes by the 

 Way," by Mr. Elihu Burritt ; " Eastern England 

 from the Thames to the Humber " two volnmes, 

 by Mr. Walter White; " A Summer in Skye," 

 by Alexander Smith (reprinted here). 



In GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL the number of 

 books was very great, and most of them possess 

 much interest. We name the principal ones : 

 " The Alps of Dauphin6, and his Adventures 

 among them," have been described by Mr. T. 

 G. Bonney, F. G. S., a member of the Alpine 

 Club ; " The Cruise of R. Y. S. Eta," by Mr. 

 Arthur Kavanagh, gives a lively account of Al- 

 bania; " Village Life in Switzerland," by Mrs. 

 Delmard, describes the social life of the Helvetic 

 Republic ; " A Short American Tramp, in the 

 Fall of 1864," is an Account of a Geological Tour, 

 by the Editor of "Life in Normandy;" Mrs. 

 Beke, who accompanied her husband, Dr. Beke, 

 in an antiquarian expedition to the East, gives 

 an account of the journey, under the title of 

 "Jacob's Flight; or, a Pilgrimage to Haran, 

 and thence in the Patriarch's Footsteps into 

 the Promised Land." Other valuable books on 

 these topics are " Scenes of Wonder and Curi- 

 osity in California," by Mr. James M. Hutchings; 

 " Last Winter in Rome," by Mr. Wild ; " Stray 

 Leaves from the Diary of an Indian Officer ; " 

 " Camp and Cantonment : a Narrative of the 

 Indian Mutiny," by Mrs. Leopold Paget; "Do- 

 mestic Life, Character, and Customs of the Na- 

 tives of India," by Mr. James Kerr ; " The Giant 

 Cities of Bashan, and Syria's Holy Places," by 

 Rev. J. L. Porter; "A Winter in Algeria, 

 1863-'64," by Mrs. G. A. Rogers; "A Work on 

 Algeria," by Mr. G. A. Sala; "The Principal 

 Ruins of Asia Minor," by Charles Texier, Mem. 

 of Inst. of France, and R. Popplewell Pullan, 



F. R. I. B. A. ; a magnificent work ; " Travels 

 and Discoveries in the Levant," by Mr. C. T. 

 Newton ; " Excursion in the Peloponnesus, in 

 the Year 1858," by the late Sir Thomas Wyse; 

 " Holy Land," by Mr. Hepworth Dixon ; " Trav- 

 els in Palestine," by Mr. H. B. Tristram ; " Ad- 

 ventures among the Dyacks of Borneo," by Mr. 

 Frederick Boyle, F. R. G. S. ; " The Northwest 

 Passage by Land," by Viscount Milton, and Mr. 

 W. B. Cheadle ; " Ten Years in Sweden : being 

 a Description of the Landscape, Climate, Do- 

 mestic Life, Forests, Mines, Agriculture, Field 

 Sports, and Fauna of Scandinavia," by an old 

 Bushman ; " " The Marathon and the Mediterra- 

 nean;" "The Harz Forest," by "A Scotch 

 Family ; " "The Regular Swiss Round," by Rev. 

 Harry Jones ; " The Isthmus of Panama," by 

 Mr. C. T. Bidwell ; " Ice Caves in France and 

 Switzerland," by Rev. G. F. Browne; " Guide 

 to Spain," by Mr. O'Shea ; " Over the Pyrenees 

 into Spain, "by Miss Mary Eyre; "Reminiscen- 

 ces of a Personal Mission to the Friendly Islands 

 and their Dependencies," by Rev. Thomas West, 

 a-Missionary ; " Queen's Messenger ; or, Travels 

 on the Highways and Byeways of Europe," by 

 Captain Hall; "Egypt and Syria," by Mr. S. 

 S. Hill, F. R. G. S. ; " Transylvania," by Mr. 

 Charles Bonar ; " Journey from London to Per- 

 sepolis, including Wanderings in Daghestan, 

 Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, and Mesopota- 

 mia," by Mr. Ussher; "Journey North and 

 South," vol. iii., treating of Canada, by W. H. 

 Russell, LL. D. ; " Travels and Researches of 

 Greece," mostly treating of the Natural History 

 of the country, by Captain Spratt ; " Central 

 and Eastern Arabia," by W. Gifford Palgrave, 

 a work of deep interest; " Letters from Egypt 

 in 1863-'65," by Lady Duff Gordon ; " Buenos 

 Ayres and Argentine Gleanings." by Mr. Thomas 

 J. Hutch inson ; " Adventures and Observations 

 on the West Coast of Africa and its Islands," 

 by Rev. Charles W. Thomas ; " Peking and the 

 Pekingese," full of valuable information, by Dr. 

 Rennie, of the British Embassy ; " Pen and Pen- 

 cil Sketches in Italy," by an anonymous author; 

 " Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and 

 its Tributaries, and of the Discovery of the Lakes 

 Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864," by Duvid and 

 Charles Livingstone (reprinted here). 



ESSAYS AND WORKS OF CRITICISM were abun- 

 dant. Among them were " The Critical Es- 

 says of n Country Parson " (A. K. II. Boyd) ; 

 " Lacon in Council," by Mr. J. F. Boyes; " Es- 

 says on Criticism," by Mr. Matthew Arnold ; 

 " The Campaign at Home," and a " Vindication 

 of Dryden," by Shirley (Mr. John Skelton); 

 " Essays of a Recluse ; or, Traces of Thought, 

 Literature, and Fancy," by Mr. William Benton 

 Clulow ; " Henry Holbeach, Student in Life and 

 Character : a Narrative and a Discussion ; " 

 " The Rook's Garden," by Mr. Cuthbert Bede ; 

 " Critical and Literary Essays," forming vol. ii. 

 of the Life and Writings of Joseph Mazzini; 

 " Hunting Sketches," and a Don's " Sketches 

 from Cambridge," both by Anthony Trollope; 

 "Chinese Miscellanies," by Sir John Davis; 



