Greek and Roman sculpture" is one of those works the ability and conscientiousness of which are rather apt to be overlooked in the sound and fury of modern literature. It is a handsome volume of seven hundred pages; and we must frankly confess that we have not piously perused them all. But we have read enough to be convinced of the author's capability for his theme, even if the significant little sentence in his preface, to the effect that he has "a familiar and loving acquaintance with the originals" (the italics are ours) of all the works of art referred to in his pages, had not greatly prepossessed us in his favour. Those who desire to enter upon the study of ancient plastic art cannot do better than seek the assistance of so experienced and cultivated a guide as Mr. Perry. The book, we may add, is plentifully provided with outline illustrations in the style of those in Smith's Classical Dictionary, and as mere suggestions or reminders they will serve their purpose excellently. But we cannot help regretting that a few engravings of a better kind have not been occasionally given. Careful woodcuts, from photographs, of single figures-say of the Faun of Praxiteles or the Venus of Melos-in the fashion of those which accompany Mrs. Mitchell's papers in the Century Magazine, would have greatly added to the value of the book, The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860. By C. D. Yonge. (Marcus Ward & Co.) Or the many writers who have taken it in hand to continue Mr. Hallam's Constitutional History, Prof. Yonge is the most recent; but we fear that we cannot congratulate him on having achieved any very marked success. His book could scarcely fail, by reason of the period which it embraces, to contain many interesting and important facts; but what we look for in any fresh treatment of a well threshed-out subject-a presenting of old facts in a new light-is wanting in this volume, and the author's excessive admiration for Mr. Hallam (whom he apparently regards as the sole authority on constitutional matters) has resulted in an unfortunate and exaggerated imitation of the very dry, not to say repulsive, style of his model. So far as we can judge, we can speak well of the book from the point of view of accuracy (though we were surprised to find Demerara spoken of-p. 318-as an island). 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