... LITERPARY. FREE-THINKING AND PLAIN-SPEAaING. Essays on Free- Thinking and P'aia-Speai/ing. By Leslie Stephen. Longmans. It does not follow that we agree with Mr Stephen's opinions because we cordially rejoice at their expression in these essays. We believe that. both Otiose who agree and those who disagree with his conclusions must alike wel. come a book written in excellent taste, with full ...

... A HISTORY OF MATERIALISAL. -ck scdhte dees Materlialisre s, und Kricti seiner Bedsnteetw in der Uegewewrt. Von F. A. Lange. Leipzig: Erstes Buch. In all matters pertaining to philosophy it would be well if we could -make a to-bk u rosa of our minds, destroying all preconceived notions and fixed ideas of our own upon tsk -vanied subiect. W'e should act upoI Deseartes's principle t iat. 'pour ...

... Mr Charles Reade's adaptation of his own story, The Wandering Heir, for the stage, lately produced at the QUEEN's, is marked by the defects which seem almost inse- parable from this kind of composition. The special confor- mation of the author's mind, indeed, ill fits him for such a task. His most telling effects have always been obtained rather by an accumulation than by a judicious ...

... -0 o- PROFESSOR THOROLD ROGERS ON RICHARD COBDEN. Cobden and Modern Poeiticol.Opinion. Essays on Certain Political Topics. By James E. Thorold Rogers. Mlacmillan and Co. It is not often an author has such manifest advantages as those possessed by Mr Rogers with respect to his pre- sent undertaking. Not only was he intimately acquainted with Cobden during the whole of his political career, not ...

... I GROTE'S PUBLIC WORE. The Minor Workl s of George Grote. With Critical Remarks on his Intellectual Character, Writings, and Speeches. By Alexander Bain. Murray. A few months ago -Mrs Grote issued an interesting volume containing the personal mnemoirs of her husband. The omissions of that work are now supplied by the equally in- teresting volume in which Professor Bain edits ten more or ...