LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1890. 



con Farrar. " Lectures on Christianity and So- 

 cialism " were delivered by Bishop A. Barry at 

 the Lambeth Baths. " Inspiration and the Bible " 

 was an inquiry made by Robert P. Horton ; and 

 in Biblical criticism, " The Sermon Bible " com- 

 pleted the study of the Old Testament with 

 " Isaiah to Malachi," and opened the New with 

 " Matthew 1 xxi." Five volumes were added to 

 " The Expositor's Bible " : " Judges and Ruth," 

 by Rev. Robert A. Watson ; " The Gospel of St. 

 Matthew," by J. Monro Gibson ; " The Gospel ac- 

 cording to St. Luke," by Rev. H. Burton ; " The 

 Book of Exodus," by Dr. G. A. Chadwick ; and 

 the " Prophecies of Jeremiah," by Rev. C. J. Ball. 

 Vols. II and III of " The Biblical Illustrator," ed- 

 ited by Rev. Joseph S. Exell, completed that work. 

 In the " Men of the Bible Series," " St. Paul : his 

 Life and Times," by James Iverach, showed learn- 

 ing and research, and " The Minor Prophets " 

 were handled by Archdeacon Farrar, who pub- 

 lished also " Truths to live by," a companion to 

 his " Every-day Christian Life," and his " Impres- 

 sions and views of " The Passion-Play at Ober- 

 Ammergau." Two volumes of sermons by Rev. 

 John McNeil were published, entitled. "The Re- 

 gent Square Pulpit," as were the Metropolitan 

 Tabernacle pulpit sermons of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon 

 of 1889, and that divine's " Sermons in Candles " ; 

 "The Holy of Holies," by Alexander Maclaren, 

 contained thirty-four sermons, while two post- 

 humous volumes of Bishop Lightfoot (of Dur- 

 ham) were " Leaders in the Northern Church " 

 and " Ordination Addresses and Counsel to 

 Clergy." A second series of sermons by Canon 

 H. P. Liddon was also issued. The only au- 

 thorized edition of the address of Henry Drum- 

 mond, " The Greatest Thing in the World," was 

 published during the year, and from the same 

 author his admirers received " Pax Vobiscum" 

 and "The Perfected Life." "Buddhism and 

 Christianity," by A. Scott, being a parallel and 

 a contrast, was the theme of the Croall Lectures 

 for 1889-'90, and " Modern Criticism, considered 

 in its Relation to the Fourth Gospel," of the 

 Bampton Lectures for the last year, by Rev. 

 Henry W. Watkins. "Voces Populi," by F. 

 Anstey Guthrie, gave entertaining views of Eng- 

 lish every-day life; and entertaining books on 

 sport were " Polo in India," by Capt. G. J. 

 Younghusband : " Sporting Sketches," by " Diane 

 Chasseress," and "The Scientific Education of 

 Dogs for the Gun," by H. H. " The Story of 

 our Lighthouses and Lightships " was related in 

 a manner at once descriptive and historical by 

 W. H. D. Adams ; and useful contributions were 

 " The Art of Paper-Making," by Alexander Watt, 

 and " The Principles and Progress of Printing 

 Machinery," by John Southward. " The Struct- 

 ure of the Cotton Fiber " was studied by Hugh 

 Monie, and S. Plimsoll wrote on " Cattle'Ships." 

 " The Petroleum Industry of Southern Russia " 

 was treated by Charles Marvin. Blackie's " Mod- 

 ern Cyclopaedia," edited by Charles Annandale, 

 was completed by the issue during the year of 

 four volumes, making eight in all ; and Vols. V 

 and VI were also published of Chambers's revised 

 " Encyclopaedia." The " Dictionary of National 

 Biography," edited bv Leslie Stephen and Sidney 

 Lee, reached Vol. XXV. " The Colonial Year- 

 Book for 1890 " was a handy book of reference, 

 the work of A. J. R. Trendell. 



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The following is the analysis of the publish- 

 g trade in England during 1889 and 1890, from 

 e figures of the " Publishers' Circular" : 



LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1890. 



For the most part, during the year 1890 litera- 

 ture on the Continent held its place in national 

 life and experience quite as securely as in former 

 years, with, perhaps, some increase in the num- 

 ber of published works in various departments. 

 We give, as usual, our condensed narrative in 

 the alphabetical order of countries named. 



Belgium. Historical research has been prose- 

 cuted in Belgium with somewhat more than the 

 usual vigor. Prof. M. Philippson reprinted a se- 

 ries of learned and judicious articles, which had 

 appeared in the " Revue Historique " of Paris, 

 concerning the famous Scottish Queen Mary, en- 

 titled "Etudes sur 1'Histoire de Marie Stuart." 

 The work is spoken of in high terms by the critics. 

 M. K. de Lettenhove's book on the same topic 

 takes strong ground against the Queen of Scots. 

 M. Nameche is steadily at work in preparing and 

 putting forth new volumes of the well-known 

 " Bibliotheca Belgica." Pope Leo XIII, it is 

 said, congratulated the aged writer on his suc- 

 cessful presentation of historical questions and 

 events from the Roman Catholic point of view. 

 Two volumes of the " Bibliographic des Martyr- 

 ologes Protestantes Neerlandais " have appeared, 

 and contain a mass of information relating to 

 the bloody repression of Protestants in the Neth- 

 erlands under Charles V and Philip II. M. H. 

 Pirenne, professor in the University of Ghent, 

 furnished a monograph of high character and 

 excellence, entitled " L'Histoire de la Constitu- 

 tion de la Ville de Dinant au Moyen Age." Col- 

 lections of documents continue to be published, 

 at regular intervals, edited by the Royal Histor- 

 ical Commission, such as, " La Correspon dance 

 du Cardinal Granvelle," Vol. Ill, " Relations 

 Politiques des Pays-Bas et de 1'Angleterre sous 

 Philippe II," Vol. VIII, etc. Economic sciences 

 also have received a large share of attention from 

 the pens of M. Fiere-Orban, M. de Laveleye, M. 

 H. Denis, and M. Allard. The " Congo State " is 



