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The Nicene and Apostles' Creeds : Their Literary 

 History ; together with an Account of the Growth 

 and Reception of the Sermon on the Faith common- 

 ly called the Creed of St. Athanasius. By C. A. 

 S'wainson, D. D. 



The Primitive and the Catholic Faith. By the 

 Rev. B. W. Savile. 



Before the Table. By J. S. Howson, D. D. 



Mystery of the Temptation. By the Rev. W. H. 

 Hutchings. 



Dictionary of Christian Antiquities. By Dr. Wil- 

 liam Smith and Prof. Cheetham. 



The Parliamentary History of the Act of Uniform- 

 ity. Bv C. A. Swainson, D. D. 



Remains of the late Bishop Thirl wall. 



The Hopes of the Human Race, Here and Here- 

 after. By Frances Power Cobbe. 



God and the Bi ble. A Reply to Criticisms on " Lit- 

 erature and Dogma." By Matthew Arnold. 



An enumeration of books and pamphlets on 

 the controversies flagrant in the Established 

 Church would of course swell the above list to 

 much greater length. A " Theological Transla- 

 tion Fund" has been organized for the pur- 

 pose of introducing to English readers the 

 works of radical writers, the "vigorous and 

 rigorous" critics, so named by Matthew Ar- 

 nold such as the "Foreign Theological Li- 

 brary " and similar series do not include. 

 Several volumes have been issued. 



ESSAYS AND CKITIOISM:. A work of no small 

 value is " Shakesperean Hermeneutics : or, 

 The Still Lion : being an Essay toward a Res- 

 toration of Shakespeare's Text," by C. M. In- 

 gleby, LL. D. " The Three Devils : Luther's, 

 Milton's, and Goethe's," by Prof. David Masson, 

 is an interesting comparison made by a diligent 

 and discerning critic ; and the " other Essays " 

 in the same volume are of kindred merit. Of 

 Milton, indeed, Prof. Masson has a more thor- 

 ough knowledge than has been shown by any 

 contemporary critic. His "Life of Milton," 

 of which another volume has appeared, is in 

 truth a series of essays on important topics in 

 English history more or less associated, or ca- 

 pable of being associated, with the personal his- 

 tory of the poet, including expositions of his 

 poems and other writings. The introductions 

 and appendixes to Milton's poetical works, of 

 which he has edited two editions, are of great 

 assistance for the intelligent appreciation of 

 them. " Papers of a Critic, with a Biographi- 

 cal Sketch," by Sir C. W. Dilke, is made up of 

 papers by his father, contributed to the AtJie- 

 nceum, of which he was editor. The selection 

 is judiciously made, and the publication is 

 well received. "The Prose Works of Words- 

 worth," edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Gr- 

 sart, are well worthy to be collected and pub- 

 lished. Wordsworth does not seem likely to 

 hold the place claimed for him by his admirers, 

 and apparently conceded by the general suf- 

 frage of critical opinion a few years ago. But 

 neither can he be depressed to the low degree 

 assigned him by an earlier generation of critics, 

 especially if his works in prose as well as in 

 verse receive considerate perusal. Mr. Grosart 

 has contributed little directly to this desirable 



result, much as he admires and reveres the 

 poet. 



GEOGRAPHY, TRAVELS, ETC. Dr. William 

 Smith, in his "Historical Atlas of Ancient Ge- 

 ography, Biblical and Classical," has added to 

 the obligations the public owes to his well-di- 

 rected diligence. "Travels in Portugal," by 

 J. Latouche, breaks new ground. But though 

 it is pleasant, through his book, to travel ideally 

 in that country, even the geniality of the au- 

 thor could hardly make it a pleasure actually 

 to take the trip. Another work that has an 

 effect of disclosure is "Untrodden Spain and 

 her Black Country," by Hugh James Rose, 

 with which may be compared " Cositas Espa- 

 nolas, or Every-Day Life in Spain," by Mrs. 

 Harvey. " White Conquest," by W. H. Dixon, 

 like his previous works on this country, judges 

 of the importance of events by their fitness for 

 sensational treatment. A good example of 

 home-travel is given in " The River Dee : its 

 Aspect and History," by Dean Howson. To 

 " Last Letters from Egypt," by Lady Duff Gor- 

 don, are added "Letters from the Cape," and 

 a memoir by her daughter, Mrs. Ross. 



The Land of the Pharaohs, Egypt and Sinai. By 

 the Rev. S. Manning. 



Leaves of a Sketch-Book ; Pencilings of Travel, 

 at Home and Abroad. By Samuel Read. 



The Land of the Czar. By 0. W. Wahl. 



Ultima Thule ; or, A Summer in Iceland. By 

 Richard F. Burton. 



Two Trips to Gorilla-Land and the Cataracts of 

 the Congo. By Richard F. Burton. 



The Hawaiian Archipelago. By Isabella Bird. 



The Philippine Islands. By F. Jager. 



A Walk in the Grisons. By the Rev. F. Barham 

 Zincke. 



The Land of the North Wind [Lapland]. By Ed- 

 ward Rae. 



The Frosty Caucasus. By F. C. Grove. 



Italian Alps. By D. W. Freshfield. 



Two Years in Fiji. By L. Forbes. 



Twelve Months in Madagascar. By Joseph Mul- 

 lens, D. D. 



Italy Revisited. By A. Gallenga. 



MISCELLANEOUS. The ninth edition of the 

 Encyclopaedia is to a large extent rewritten, 

 especially in respect to matters of science. The 

 change that has taken place since the issue of 

 the previous edition, in almost every depart- 

 ment of knowledge, is profoundly impressed by 

 the comparison of articles in the two. " Eng- 

 land and Russia in the East," by Sir Henry 

 Rawlinson, discusses questions that may pass 

 beyond the stage of argument sooner than so 

 "practical" a people as the English will dis- 

 cover its imminence. Dr. Schleimann's " Troy 

 and its Remains," besides the light shed by his 

 discoveries on a question of ancient geography, 

 opens a discussion on the question of an histor- 

 ical ground of the Homeric legend. " Speeches 

 and Public Letters of the Liberator [O'Con- 

 nell], with Preface and Historical Notes," by 

 M. F. Cusack, recalls agitations that are as 

 nearly forgotten as any thing of Homeric origin. 

 "International Vanities," by Theodore Mar- 

 shall, is curious and interesting. 



