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Thought," by John Henry Blunt, F. S. A. ; the 

 " Sermons of the Rev. Dr. R. S. Candlish ;" 

 and "The Superhuman Origin of the Bible," 

 by Henry Rogers. 



In History and Biography are to be noticed 

 " Curtius's History of Greece," completed, with 

 some revisions and notes belonging exclusively 

 to the American edition ; the series of volumes 

 in " Epochs of History," edited by Edward E. 

 Morris; the "Historical Course," edited by E. 

 A. Freeman; "The English in Ireland in the 

 Eighteenth Century," by J. A. Fronde, com- 

 pleted; "History of the Jewish Nation," by 



E. H. Palmer; the "History of the Church," 

 by Canon Robertson, in progress ; the comple- 

 tion of Forster's "Life of Dickens;" "Essays 

 in " Military Biography," by Colonel Chesney ; 

 Arnould's " Life of the First Lord Denman ; " 

 the "Autobiography and Memoirs of Dr. 

 Guthrie ; " and the " Life of Samuel Lover," by 

 Bayle Bernard. 



In Travels, Geography, etc., there have come 

 to us such works as Sir S. Baker's "Ismaflia," 

 and " The Wild North Land," by Captain W. 



F. Butler; "The Naturalist on the River Am- 

 azon," by H. "VV. Bates, F. L. S. ; Taine's " Tour 

 through the Pyrenees," Victor Hugo's "Tour 

 on the Rhine," the great work of Dr. Georg 

 Schweinfurth, "The Heart of Africa," and the 

 richly illustrated and picturesquely written 

 "Travels across South America," by Paul 

 Marcoy. 



Of Poetry may be mentioned George Eliot's 

 "The Legend of Jubal, and other Poems;" 

 "The Poems of Schiller," translated by Edgar 

 A.'Browning ; Lord Lytton's "Fables in Song ; " 

 the "Poetical Works of William Blake," edited 

 by W. M. Rossetti; and the "Works of John 

 Hookham Frere." 



Outside these heads of classification we have 

 received "Military and Religious Life in the 

 Middle Ages," by Paul Lacroix, finely illus- 

 trated ; " The French Humorists," by Walter 

 Besant ; " Health and Education," the last vol- 

 ume from the pen of the lamented Canon 

 Kingsley; "Dorothy Wordsworth's Tour in 

 Scotland," edited by Principal Shairp; "Man- 

 ual of Mythology," by A. S. Murray ; the end 

 of the excellent series of "Ancient Classics for 

 English Readers," the completing work being 

 that on "The Greek Anthology," by Lord 

 Neaves; "Chapters on Animals," by Philip 

 Gilbert Hamerton ; and several volumes of me- 

 moirs and personal reminiscence, which, under 

 the editorship of Richard H. Stoddard, are 

 served up "in quantities to suit purchasers" 

 under the descriptive general title of "The 

 Bric-S-Brac Series." 



These and other works introduced from 

 abroad, though not a part of American liter- 

 ature, have an important share in our literary 

 culture, and their, publication without the pro- 

 tection of copyright has no inconsiderable effect 

 on our "Literary Progress." The copyright 

 question is untouched, and likely so to continue 

 for an indefinite time. This may be regretted, 



but Congress seems inaccessible to any interest 

 that is not " inside politics " or has not " money 

 in it." 



LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1874. The 

 activity in Continental literature in 1874 will 

 be seen by the following extracts from the cor- 

 respondence of the London Athenceum: 



BELGIUM. The Patriot, Belgica, published 

 under the direction of Prof. Van Bemmel, con- 

 tains a series of highly-interesting articles de- 

 voted to the ethnography of the Belgian peo- 

 ple, their history, their institutions, and the 

 present organization of the country (hospitals, 

 justice, administration, army, finance, com- 

 merce, industry, railroads, and canals), under 

 the title of "Belgique Politique et Sociale." 



Besides this there are works which deserve 

 special mention. One of them is "Morceaux 

 Choisis de Poetes Beiges," collected by Prof. 

 B. van Hollebeke ; the other is " L'Anthologie 

 Beige," edited by Madame Struman Picard and 

 Prof. Godefroid Kurth. In looking through 

 these volumes one feels astonished at the num- 

 ber and the talent of the French poets of Bel- 

 gium, who excite but little attention in their 

 own country, and who are absolutely unknown 

 in France. They are remarkable for a pecul- 

 iar originality and a sturdy sense of morality, 

 which form a strong contrast to the spirit of 

 the present literature of France. 



The prose-writers have furnished a numerous 

 contingent. We may mention the novels of 

 Leclercq, A. Prins, Pergameni, C. Lemonnier, 

 X. de Reul, Emile Greyson, and Justin Grand- 

 gagnage, whose names are well known in Bel- 

 gium. Octave Pirmez, whose elegant and po- 

 etical style is sometimes too diffuse and vague, 

 has produced a new work, called " Heures de 

 Philosophic." 



A. Michiels, the brilliant and fertile art-crit- 

 ic, has not only issued the ninth volume of his 

 " Histoire de la Peinture Flamande," the repu- 

 tation of which is well established, but has also 

 brought out the third edition of " L' Architec- 

 ture et la Peinture en Europe du quatrieme 

 siecle jusqu'a la fin du seizi&me," a work which 

 is .much esteemed, and which also contains the 

 resume of the author's own ideas upon art. We 

 must not forget to mention the work of A. Bar- 

 let upon " L'Union des Beaux-Arts avec 1'In- 

 dustrie," as well as the remarkable reports 

 upon " L'Enseignement du Dessin," by Profs. 

 De Taye and Canneel. 



In the domain of history we must give the 

 first place to the second volume of Jules Van 

 Praet's "Essais sur 1'Histoire Politique des 

 Derniers Siecles." The first volume made a 

 sensation both in Belgium and abroad the 

 present volume will do the same. It is re- 

 marked especially that the judgment he passes 

 upon Frederick II. shows him to be a true his- 

 torian, worthy to take rank among the highest 

 names in Europe for impartiality and clearness 

 of insight. 



Among the publications of hitherto unpub- 

 lished documents, the collection of " Voyages 



