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c uii.n. The writings of " George Sand " arc 

 iippi -urim,' in a now translation. The novels of 

 Mulilboch continue popular, ami th<r <>i' 

 Sj.i.-lliagen arc gaining in the appreciation of 

 TS. Tho tales of Gcorgo Macdonald aro 

 attracting a larger circle of readers. But to 

 mention all that tiiul roady circulation would 

 narao nearly the whole number. Tho 

 apprt it for prose fiction is the most indiscrim- 

 inate of literary cravings. In poetry, three 

 rival editions of Tennyson aro in circulation. 

 Danto Gabriel Rosetti's poems, a new volume 

 of Morris's "Earthly Paradise," and some new 

 poems by Miss Ingelow, have appeared ; a new 

 edition of the Rev. H. Bonar's "Hymns," and 

 of Wordsworth's "Excursion" the latter, 

 surely, " a work of faith ; " tho works of S. 

 Lover, and a few others. In connection with 

 these may bo mentioned anew edition of War- 

 ton's " History of English Poetry." 



In biography, "The Life of Mary Russell 

 Mitford, as told in Letters to her Friends; " the 

 " Life of the Rev. Frederick W. Robertson," 

 two rival editions, as also of his "Sermons ; " 

 " Charles Dickens, tho Story of his Life," by 

 the author of the " Life of Thackeray ; " tho 

 " Private Life of Galileo," by Sister Maria 

 Celeste (translated) ; Hezekiel's " Life of Bis- 

 marck " (translated) ; " Biographia Juridica, a 

 Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of Eng- 

 land ; " and Hadyn's " Universal Index of Bi- 

 ography." 



In science and philosophy there have been 

 promptly reproduced here, the works of Her- 

 bert Spencer " Principles of Psychology," and 

 "Spontaneous Generation;" of Prof. T. II. 

 Huxley " Protoplasm, or the Physical Basis 

 of Life" (which has been acutely reviewed in 

 an essay entitled "As regards Protoplasm," 

 by J. Hutchinson Sterling); and "Lay Ser- 

 mons, Essays, and Reviews ; " Sir John Lub- 

 bock's " Origin of Civilization ; " Alfred Russell 

 Wallace's " Contributions to the Theory of Nat- 

 ural Selection; " " The Uncivilized Races in all 

 Countries," by Rev. J. G. Wood ; " Observa- 

 tions on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia," 

 by W. T. Blanford ; "Mammalia," by Louis 

 Fignier, with illustrations ; " On Microscopical 

 Manipulations," byW. T. Suffolk; "Geology 

 and Revelation," by G. Molloy, D. D. ; " Other 

 Worlds than Ours: the Plurality of Worlds 

 studied under the Light of recent Scientific 

 Researches," by Richard A. Proctor, B. A., F. 

 R. A. S. ; " Hereditary Genius: an Inquiry in- 

 to its Laws and Consequences," by Francis 

 Galton ; " Origin and Development of Reli- 

 gious Belief," by S. Baring-Gould; "On tho 

 Use of Wines in Health and Disease," by Fran- 

 cis E. Anstie, M. D. ; "A Treatise on Diseases 

 of the Eye," by J. Soelberg Wells; "Dis- 

 ease Germs, their Supposed Nature," by Lionel 

 S. Beale, M. B., F. R. S. ; and "A System of 

 Medicine," by J. Russell Reynolds, M. D. 

 To these may be added Prof. Thorold Rogers's 

 new edition of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Na- 

 tions," and a translation of Bastiat's " Soph- 

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isms of the Protectionists," in the department 

 of Political Economy, and some of the volumes 

 of tho deservedly popular " Library of Won- 

 ders," which gives prominence to the wonders 

 of Nature, though not excluding those of art 

 and history. 



In Theology and its related subjects, tho 

 best English works are, as a rule, published 

 simultaneously or with little delay in this 

 country. A now edition of South's "Ser- 

 mons;" Bishop Temple's "Rugby School 

 Sermons;" Bishop E. Harold Browne's "Ex- 

 position of the Thirty-nine Articles," with 

 Introduction by Bishop Williams, of Connect- 

 icut; "Prophecy, a Preparation for Christ," 

 the Bampton Lectures of the Rev. R. Payne 

 Smith ; " Immortality," the Hulsean Lectures 

 of the Rev. J. J. Perowne; "Letters from 

 Rome, on the Council," by " Quirinns ; " " Let- 

 ters of Spiritual Counsel and Guidance," by 

 the Rev. J. Keble ; " The Spirit of Life : or, 

 Scripture Testimony to the Divine Person and 

 Work of the Holy Ghost," by E. H. Bicker- 

 steth ; " The Life of our Lord," by W. Hanna, 

 D. D. ; " The 4 Administration of the Holy 

 Spirit in the Body of Christ," by the Rev. G. 

 Moberly ; " The Early Years of Christianity 

 the Apostolic Era," by E. de Pressens6, D. D., 

 translated by Annie Harwood, a work that is 

 to occupy four volumes ; Archbishop Whate- 

 ly's "Essays;" "Commentary on Ezekiel," 

 by E. Henderson, D. D. ; " The Martyr-Church 

 Christianity in Madagascar," by tho Rev. 

 William Ellis ; and a " Dictionary of Doctrinal 

 and Historical Theology," by J. Blunt, are the 

 most noticeable. 



A few books in the departments of Art, 

 Criticism, and General Literature, shall close 

 this enumeration: "The Arts in the Middle 

 Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance," 

 by Paul Lacroix (illustrated); "The Philoso- 



BSy of Art," by H. Taine, translated by J. 

 urand ; " Lectures on Art," by John Ruskin ; 

 the useful and entertaining series of " Ancient 

 Classics for English Readers ; " " Legge's 

 Translation of the Chinese Classics ; " " Shake- 

 speare and the Emblem Writers," by Henry 

 Greene ; " A Day by the Fire, and Other Pa- 

 pers hitherto Uncollected," by Leigh Hunt; 

 Rev. Dr. Brewer's " Dictionary of Phrase and 

 Fable ; " Richard Cobden's Speeches ; Lord 

 Erskine's Speeches, edited by James Lambert 

 High ; a popular edition of " Short Studies 

 on Great Subjects," by James Anthony 

 Froude ; cheap but readable editions of the Di- 

 aries of Pepys and Evelyn; Bacon's "Essays," 

 with Whately's "Annotations," and "Notes 

 and a Glossarial Index," by Franklin Fiske 

 Heard ; " The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, 

 Genessareth, the Dead Sea," etc., by J. Mac- 

 gregor ; " Days in North India," by Norman 

 McLeod, D. D. ; " The Unknown River," by 

 Philip Gilbert Hamerton (illustrated); "Bre- 

 via : Short Essays and Aphorisms^" by Arthur 

 Helps; and W. S. Lander's "-Porioles and 

 Aspasia." 



