CURRENT LITERATURE.

Wladimir Solovieff, the celebrated Pan-slavist philosopher, says the New York Times, has begun a course of lectures at the St. Petersburg University on the "Philosophy of History."

Alexander Pope's grave in the Twickenham Church is in a sadly neglected state. There are two tablets in the church, one of which the poet erected to the memory of his parents; but the spot where he is buried is only marked by a small stone with a large P on it. - [Ex.

Prof. Bowne's recently published "Metaphysics" is founded on the system of Hermann Lotze. A daughter of the celebrated philospher, Sir William Hamilton, has just completed a translation of Lotze's "Mikrokosmus," and a translation of his "System der Philosophie," by Prof. Green, is soon to be published by the Clarendon press.