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LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL. 



character is Wheat-ley and Delarnotte's "Art- 

 Work in Porcelain, Gold, and Silver." 



Poetry and Essays. The year has not been 

 remarkable for its poetic contributions to lit- 

 erature. Mr. Browning has published "Joco- 

 seria," and Mr. Swinburne "A Century of 

 Roundels." Edwin Arnold has given forth 

 his " Pearls of the Faith " and " Indian Idyls." 

 Mr. J. O. Wright has made a collection of 

 the poems of John Ruskin, Mr. Gosse's work 

 is entitled "On Viol and Flute," Mr. F. W. 

 Myers appeared in "A Renewal of Youth," 

 Mr. George Meredith has published " Poems 

 and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth." Other works 

 deserving of mention are a new collection of 

 Austin Dobson's selected poems, called " Old 

 World Idyls," Mr. Lewis Morris's "Songs 

 Unsung," Justin McCarthy's " Serapion," Mr. 

 Charles Merivale's " The White Pilgrim," and 

 Canon Dixon's "Maiio." InEssaysand Sketches 

 we have Mr. Froude's " Short Studies on Great 

 Subjects," 4th series, Myers's "Essays," di- 

 vided into " Classical " and " Modern," in the 

 two volumes issued ; Rev. Paxton Hood's 

 "Scottish Characteristics," and Mr. Phil Rob- 

 inson's pleasant contribution to literary orni- 

 thology, " Poets' Birds." Of a more specifical- 

 ly historic character are Mr. Ashton's " Humor, 

 Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century," 

 Mr. Jones's " History of Crowns and Corona- 

 tions," andMr. A. G. Hill's " Organs and Organ- 

 Cases of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance." 



Fiction. From the late Anthony Trollope's 

 works left in manuscript there were published 

 last year three: "Land -Leaguers," "Kept in 

 the Dark," and " Mr. Scarborough's Family." 

 Wilkie Collins was heard from in " Heart and 

 Science," Mr. Black published " Yolande " and 

 " Shandon Bells." Mr. Thomas Hardy also pro- 

 duced two new works, viz., " The Strange Ad- 

 ventures of a Milkmaid" and "Two on a Tower." 

 Mr. James Payn published " Kit " and " Thick- 

 er than Water " ; Mrs. Oliphant, " The Ladies 

 Lindores," " It was a Lover and his Lass," and 

 others ; the author of "Molly Bawn " gave us 

 " Rossmoyne " and " Portia " ; Mrs. Forrester 

 " June,"and Miss Rhoda Broughton "Belinda." 

 Clark Russell published "A Sea Queen," Miss 

 Yonge " Stray Pearls," Miss Macquoid " Her 

 Sailor Love," Walter Besant " All in a Garden 

 Fair," and Robert Buchanan " Love me For- 

 ever." From Manville Fenn we had "Eli's 

 Children," from Mrs. Leith Adams " Geoffrey 

 Sterling," from Joseph Hatton " A Modern 

 Ulysses," and from F. W. Robinson " Women 

 are Strange." Mary Cecil Hay has produced 

 " Bid me Discourse," Hawley Smart " At 

 Fault," and Laurence Oliphant "AltioraPeto." 

 Frances Eleanor Trollope has written "Like 

 Ships upon the Sea," and Miss Betham Ed- 

 wards "Pearla." From Miss Braddon we have 

 had " The Golden Calf " and " Phantom For- 

 tune," from Annie Thomas " Friends and Lov- 

 ers " and " The Colthorpe Cousins," and from 

 Florence Marryat " Facing the Footlights " 

 and " Peeress and Player." D. Christie Mur- 



ray has published "By the Gates of the Sea" 

 and " Hearts." 



LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1883. The 



record for the present year is more than usu- 

 ally full and interesting. In some respects ac- 

 tivity in literature has been greater than in 

 1882, although there are no very startling facts 

 to lay before the reader. As heretofore, we 

 give our resume in the alphabetical order of 

 countries. 



Belgium. In religion and morals the most 

 important publication of the year is M. G. 

 d'Alviella's " Contemporary Evolution in Re- 

 ligion among the English, the Americans, and 

 the Hindoos." It has attracted considerable 

 attention, as being no less liberal than learned 

 and exact. Laveleye has brought out a new 

 edition of his " Contemporary Socialism," and 

 various other writers have contributed works 

 of value in this department. The study of his- 

 tory continues to be a favorite with the Bel- 

 gians. Vanderhaegen's " Bibliotheca Belgica " 

 has been completed ; and M. Nameche has 

 brought his " Cours d'Histoire Nationale " 

 down to the period of Charles V's reign in the 

 Netherlands. Numerous monographs on local 

 history have also appeared. Since the appoint- 

 ment of a Minister of Public Instruction in 

 Belgium much attention has been given to 

 educational questions, and several volumes have 

 been published this year on the subject. Other 

 subjects have received their fair share of no- 

 tice such as political economy, philology, the 

 fine arts, etc. In the domain of the history of 

 letters is M. F. Neve's "Literary Epochs of 

 India," which is regarded as important and 

 valuable. Besides the numerous publications 

 in French, it deserves to be noted that Flemish 

 literature is displaying more power and wider 

 range than usual. Several volumes of poetry 

 also have appeared, and dramatic literature has 

 been very productive. In the . death of Hen- 

 drik Conscience, Flanders has lost its greatest 

 writer in his special line, and the demonstra- 

 tions in his honor, at the time of his funeral 

 in Brussels, are said to have been more impos- 

 ing than any which have yet taken place, even 

 at the burial of kings. 



Denmark. The number of books published 

 in Denmark this year is about the same as in 

 1882 ; but there are few works which have 

 appeared that can be regarded as of much 

 importance. Romances and novels are more 

 numerous than lyric poetry and dramas. II. 

 Goldschmidt has produced " Tales and Pictures 

 of Real Life," which are quite equal to his pre- 

 vious contributions. Schandorph, Gjellerup, 

 Elmgaard, Nielsen, and others, have done their 

 share in this kind of literature, though the 

 critics are not enthusiastic over any of their 

 publications. Poetry and the drama offer noth- 

 ing special for notice. General and political 

 history has been but slightly cultivated, while 

 on the history of literature and art and of al- 

 lied topics the publications have been numer- 

 ous. G. Brandy has brought out a capital vol- 



