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LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1877. 



(Appletons) ; "Physiological ^Esthetics," by 

 Grant Allen (ib.), and " Art of Electro-Metal- 

 lurgy," by George Gove (ib.). 



In fiction, essays, etc., another volume of 

 Mr. Froude's " Short Studies on Great Sub- 

 jects " (Scribner) ; Landor's " Imaginary Con- 

 versations," complete in five volumes (Roberts) ; 

 "The Shadow of the Sword," by Robert Bu- 

 chanan (Appletons) ; " Studies in Early French 

 Poetry," by W. Besant (Roberts) ; " Rare Good 

 Luck," by R. E. Francillon (Appletons), and 

 the novels, as fast as they appear, of William 

 Black, R. D. Blackmore, Justin McCarthy, B. 

 L. Fargeon, Anthony Trollope, Miss Yonge, 

 Miss Braddon, Mrs. Oliphant, and others "too 

 numerous to mention," have been set before 

 American readers. 



Books of travel have a ready popularity, 

 and successful ones quickly attract the atten- 

 tion of our publishers. Such are " The Prince 

 of Wales in India," by W. H. Russell (Worth- 

 ington) ; " Central Africa : Naked Truths of 

 Naked People," by Colonel 0. C. Long (Har- 

 pers) ; " Through Persia, by Caravan," by Ar- 

 thur Arnold (ib.) ; " Turkey," by James Baker, 

 Lieutenant-Colonel, etc. (Holt) ; " Across Af- 

 rica," by N. L. Cameron (Harpers) ; " Egypt 

 as It Is," by J. C. McCoan (Holt) ; " The Cruise 

 of H. M. S. Challenger," by W. J. J. Spry, R. 

 N. (Harpers) ; and " New Lands in the Arctic 

 Circle," by J. Payer (Holt). In Poetry and 

 the Drama, Tennyson's tragedy of " Harold," 

 Theodore Martin's versions of the " Odes of 

 Horace," and the lately recovered volume of 

 "Poetry for Children," by Charles and Mary 

 Lamb, are the most noticeable. 



The intimate relations and lively sympathy 

 existing between the religious bodies of Great 

 Britain and their co-religionists in America 

 must causa a constant interchange of religious 

 thought. Hence such works as the Rev. Cun- 

 ningham Geikie's "Life and Words of Christ" 

 (Appletons); " Supernatural Religion," of which 

 the third and concluding volume has appeared 

 (Roberts) ; Principal Tulloch on " The Chris- 

 tian Doctrine of Sin " (Scribner) ; Bishop Alex- 

 ander's Bampton Lectures on "The Witness 

 of the Psalms to Christ and Christianity" 

 (Datton); Dr. R. W. Dale's "Lectures on 

 Preaching " (Barnes) ; Dr. J. Martineau's 

 " Hours of Thought on Sacred Things " (Rob- 

 erts) ; " Notes on Genesis," by the late Rev. 

 F. W. Robertson (Button) ; " Pilgrim Psalms," 

 by Samuel Cox (Randolph) ; and " Christ and 

 Islam, the Bible and the Koran," by W. R. W. 

 Stephens (Scribner), are published simultane- 

 ously on both sides of the Atlantic, or follow 

 on this side in quick succession. 



LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1877. 

 Some of the more interesting features of Con- 

 tinental literature will be found in the follow- 

 ing extracts from the correspondence of the 

 London Athenaeum. 



BBIAHUM. Among biographical books, liter- 

 ary and political, there are two or three to be 

 named. A life of the author Loumyer has been 



produced by his friend L. Jottrand ; and an ac- 

 count of the life and works of Andre van Has- 

 selt a Belgian poet noticeable as regards his 

 versification is given by L. Alvin. " Le Droit 

 International et la Question d'Orient " is a se- 

 rious political work by G. Rolin-Jacquemyns, 

 and treats of recent events in the Balkan pen- 

 insula. 



The first of our novels to be named is the 

 " Partie Perdue " of Comte Goblet d'Alviella, 

 which as a literary work deserves praise, and 

 fairly represents one side as regards some im- 

 portant questions lately discussed with asper- 

 ity in this country. " Un Heros," by Caro- 

 line Graviere, is a lively story. The " Contes 

 Bleus" of Karl Grun is a mixture of rural 

 poetry, botany, and natural history, with a 

 dash of geology. 



Among voyages and travels " Inde et Hima- 

 laya," by Comte Goblet d'Alviella, is notice- 

 able. The author was the Indian correspondent 

 of U Indepandance Beige during the time when 

 the Prince of Wales was in India. " Un Ete 

 en Amerique," by Jules Leclercq, is a lively 

 book of travels. " Les Progres de la Puissance 

 Russe" and "La Rivalite de la France et de la 

 Prusse," both by Theod. Juste, may be classed 

 with our best recent contributions to general 

 history ; the latter especially shows research. 



In jurisprudence several important publica- 

 tions have appeared. Prof. Laurent, of Ghent, 

 bas completed volumes xxiv.-xxviii. of his 

 "Principes de Droit Civil." An extended 

 edition of the " Cours de Droit Remain," by 

 Prof. Maynz, has appeared. "Une Histoire 

 du Droit de Chasse," by A. Faider, is a book 

 of general interest, treating of the game-laws 

 of Belgium, England, France, and other coun- 

 tries. 



The history of Flemish literature is partly 

 represented by a " v Mirror of the Literature 

 of the Netherlands," a heavy book by Prof. 

 Alberbingli-Thym. There is more freshness 

 and vivacity in the estimates of modern Flem- 

 ish authors given by Max Rooses in his " Sketch- 

 Book." The " Biographical Dictionary of Lit- 

 erature in the Netherlands, North and South, 

 Holland and Belgium," is now completed. To 

 this work Jos. van den Brande has been one of 

 the chief contributors. 



One of the best of the Flemish poets. Theo- 

 door van Ryswyck, has ready for publication 

 a new edition of his poems. Hendrick Con- 

 science, in "The Uncle of Felix Roobeek," 

 has given us new sketches of contemporane- 

 ous manners. But the most original of all the 

 Flemish books of fiction for this year is, with- 

 out doubt, that entitled " In our Flemish Land," 

 by W. G. E. Walter (a pseudonym). His book 

 describes with graphic power the social and re- 

 ligious relations of the peasantry in a majority 

 of the villages of Flanders. The book has made 

 here a profound impression. It is the work of 

 an unknown writer ; at the same time it is a 

 masterpiece of its class. 



DENMAKK. One of the most considerable 



