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LITERATURE, ENGLISH. 



HISTOBY AND BIOGRAPHY. Of works in Eng- 

 lish history, perhaps the most important is 

 Mr. S. R. Gardner's " History of the Personal 

 Government of Charles the First," a continua- 

 tion of his very valuable expositions of the 

 Stuart reigns. In European history, the most 

 striking works are " The Renaissance in Italy 

 in the Sixteenth Century," by J. A. Symonds, 

 of which the second and third volumes have 

 appeared, completing it, and Sir Thomas Er- 

 skine May's " History of Democracy in Eu- 

 rope." Sir H. M. Elliot's " History of India 

 in the Mohammedan Period * is an installment 

 in an extensive undertaking. Other works of 

 interest are Bisset's " History of the Struggle 

 for Parliamentary Government in England ; " 

 "The Rise and Decline of the Rule of Islam," 

 by A. J. Dunn; "The Persecution of Diocle- 

 tian, an Historical Essay," by Arthur James 

 Mason ; and " The Discoveries of Prince Henry 

 the Navigator and their Results," by the 2ev. 

 Henry Major. 



In biography the first place probably belongs 

 to the " Life and Correspondence of the Rev. 

 Charles Kingsley," of which an abridged edi- 

 tion appeared in this country, and was received 

 with much favor. Mr. Smiles's "Life of a 

 Scotch Naturalist " was a revelation to most 

 readers of a unique and pathetic career. The 

 " Life of Sir William Fairbairn " adds another 

 to the biographies of great engineers. Sir John 

 Bowring's " Autobiographical Recollections," 

 Mrs. Browning's "Letters to R. H. Home," 

 Scarlett's " Life of the First Lord Abinger," 

 the "Memorials of John Macleod Campbell, 

 D. D.," the " Memoirs of the Rev. Alexander 

 Ewing, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles," " The 

 Letters and Friendships of Mortimer Collins, 

 with some Account of his Life," and Mr. H. 

 Ashworth's " Recollections of Richard Cobden 

 and the Anti-Corn Law League," with some 

 others of less note, have engaged, in various 

 degrees, the public interest. 



TRAVEL and EXPLORATION have a charm for 

 the Englishman. The people who claim to 

 have surrounded the idea of " Home " with the 

 most endearing associations exceed every oth- 

 er in eagerness to explore all practicable places. 

 Among the literary results of their adventurous 

 spirit may be noticed, as of special interest, 

 the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy's " Rambles and Studies 

 in Greece," a book showing less force and 

 originality than his " Social Life in Greece," 

 but that is a work with which few books of 

 travel could sustain a comparison. Captain 

 "Warren's " Underground Jerusalem " embodies 

 the result of explorations which have cast 

 great light on some of the dark places in sacred 

 history. Mention should be made also of 

 " Transcaucasia and Ararat," by James Bryce ; 

 "A Thousand Miles up the Nile," by Miss 

 A. B. Edwards ; " A Yea^a Housekeeping in 

 South Africa," by Lady Barker ; " The Sea 

 of Mountains : Lord Dufferin's Tour through 

 British Columbia," by Molyneaux St. John ; 

 " Through Norway with Ladies," by H. Mat- 



tieu Williams; and Dr. H. Rink's "Danish 

 Greenland," edited by Dr. Robert Brown. 



In RELIGION and THEOLOGY there is a steady 

 activity of minds representing every school of 

 thought. The venerable Dr. Pusey has com- 

 pleted his learned labors on " The Minor Pro- 

 phets," besides contributing to the controver- 

 sies of the day. The publication of Bishop 

 Thirlwall's " Remains " is still in progress, and 

 will enhance the reputation of that distin- 

 guished prelate. Matthew Arnold's " Last Es- 

 says on the Church and Religion" have all 

 the literary excellence by which the author is 

 placed among the first masters of English, in 

 combination with an incalculable eccentricity 

 of thought. In " Inner Life of the Religious 

 Societies of the Commonwealth" Mr. Bobert 

 Barclay found a rich and unappropriated field 

 of investigation, which he has worked to very 

 good purpose. "The Canon of the Bible," by 

 Dr. John Davidson, arrives by a process of 

 bold criticism at a negative conclusion. The 

 publication of the Rev. John Keble's " Occa- 

 sional Papers and Reviews " is of interest to 

 all who cherish his memory as a poet, scholar, 

 and divine. To these may be added, " Salva- 

 tion Here and Hereafter," sermons and essays 

 by the Rev. John Service; "Some Facts on 

 Nature and Life," sermons preached before 

 the Queen, by John Tullock, D. D. ; " Through 

 Nature to Christ," by E. A. Abbott, D. D. ; 

 " Modern Unbelief," by Bishop Ellicott; " Com- 

 mentary on the Psalms," by J. G. Murphy, 

 LL. D. ; " Studies in the Psalms," by A. R. Fans- 

 set ; " Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the 

 Greek and English New Testament," by the 

 Rev. E. W. Bullinger ; " Addresses at St. An- 

 drews," by Dean Stanley ; the Bampton Lect- 

 ures, on " Christian Evidences viewed in Re- 

 lation to Modern Thought," by the Rev. C. A. 

 Row ; " The Scriptural Doctrine of Sacrifice," 

 by Alfred Cave ; "The Wines of the Bible : 

 an Examination and Refutation of the Unfer- 

 mented Wine Theory," by the Rev. A. M. Wil- 

 son ; " A New Testament Commentary for 

 English Readers," edited by Bishop Ellicott 

 vol. i., on the Gospels, by Prof. E. H. Plump- 

 tre, D. D., and Rev. H." W. Wilkins, M. A. ; 

 " Theism," by Robert Flint, D. D., LL. D. ; 

 " New Light upon Old Lines ; or, Vexed Ques- 

 tions in Theological Controversy," by Thomas 

 Monk Mason, B. A., T. C. D. ; " independence 

 of the Holy See," by Cardinal Manning; "Au- 

 thority and Authenticity of St. John'rGospel," 

 by William Caesar, D. D. ; " Dissertation on 

 the Epistle of St. Barnabas," by the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Cunningham ; and " Scripture Difficulties 

 explained by Scripture References," by Thomas 

 Spalding. 



In PHILOSOPHY and SCIENCE the more im- 

 portant works are republished here as a matter 

 of course. In addition, we mention " Natural 

 Law, an Essay in Ethics," by Edith Simcox ; 

 Caird's " Critical Account of the Philosophy 

 of Kant ; " " Pessimism : a History and Criti- 

 cism," by James Sully; "Discourses, etc., of 



