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contributions is one on the Jungfrau Railway
'The Conscience of a Business Man' is readable
and sympathetic. Some very sensible observa
tions are included in ' The Point of View.
Englishmen will read with gratification Grace
Ellery Channing's ' England.' To Macmillan's
Mr. A. F. Robertson sends 'The Home of the
Black Dwarf ' adding to what has been told us
of the spot by .Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Lang
Writing on ' The Bastille,' Mr. Charles Whibley
shows it before its destruction as a " stately
pleasure-house " rather than a prison. ' The Story
of Ram Singh' is a striking record of Sikh heroism.
Mr. H. F. Hall contributes ' Two Chapters of Irish
History,' and Mr. Godley describes ' Oxford in the
Eighteenth Century.' The Pall Mall includes in
its descriptions of English palaces and homes an
account by Lord Henry Scott of Dalkeith Palace,
which, in addition to interior and exterior views,
reproduces some of the more famous portraits. An
account of 'The Real "Mark Twain"' narrates
some interesting particulars, and is illustrated
by some good portraits. Sir Charles Dilke is
not very sanguine as to ' An Anglo - American
Alliance,' though he holds such to be " just
possible." Relations, it may be, will become
continually closer. ' Ranging the Dykes ' is a
characteristic contribution of "A Son of the
Marshes." Sir Walter Besant continues his papers
on South London, and deals in very interesting
fashion with the Bankside in Elizabethan times.
' From a Cornish Window ' remains amusing.
' The Siege of San Sebastian,' contributed by the
Rev. W. H. Fitchett to the Cornhill, tells a doleful
story of English mismanagement and consequent
loss of life. Mr. Karl Blind gives, under the title ' In
Years of Storm and Stress,' an animated account of
his sufferings in revolutionary days. ' The Etching-
ham Letters' are agreeably and amusingly con-
tinued. ' The Miseries of Human Life ' is a not
very successful attempt to revive our interest in an
old and exploded vein of humour. Mr. Frank T.
Bullen depicts ' Devil Fish,' and Miss C. Bolitho
describes a ride through Rupshu. The penul-
timate part is given of Mr. Stanley Weyman's
' Castle Inn.' It startles one at first to see at the
foot of Temple Bar the signature as publishers of
Macmillan & Co. in place of Bentley. The literary
world was, however, prepared for the change.
Ample materials for 'Frederic Hervey, Earl and
Bishop,' exist in ' The Letter-Books of John Her-
vey ' and other recent publications. An animated
account is given of 'The Battle of Leu then.'
' Pope and Horace ' is a well-written and plausible
paper. ' St. Frond de Perigueux ' deals with a
lovely edifice but little known to English travellers.
'A Gutter Merchant' has a misquotation from
' Lear,' the more curious since it is definitely
announced as "correct." Mr. F. P. Gibbon sends
to the Gentleman's 'The Record of the Sikhs.'
' The Angels of the Divine Comedy ' has much
interest to students of Dante. Mr. H. Brierley
describes ' The Great White Horse of Yorkshire,' of
the existence of which we were unaware. ' Beside
the .Dove ' gives a pleasant picture of travel in
Dertifyshire. ' Potentates in Pinafores ' gives, in
the English Illustrated, an account of child rulers,
principally, though not wholly, of the present
century. ' The Great Adventurer ' brings the career
of Napoleon to a close. Mr. William Simpson has
some personal recollections of ' The Guards at
Inkerman.' 'Jersey Cattle' is a pleasant article
pleasantly illustrated. To Longman's Mr. Rider
Haggard supplies a long first instalment of 'A
Farmer's Year.' The writer seems to be solving the
problem how to make farming pay. Mr. Brander
Matthews's ' Enquiry as to Rhyme is good, but not
quite convincing. We are far from agreeing with
all the views put forth. Some rimes he looks on
as defective have a claim all their own. Mr. Lang
is entertaining, as is his wont, in ' At the Sign of
the Ship.' In addition to the customary selection
of short tales Chapman's has an article on cricket
by Mr. F. Gale.
THE Antiquary for August is not an interesting number. With two exceptions the articles are poor. ' Notes of the Month ' are always well done and there is a paper on ' Bishops' Gloves,' by H. J. Freasy, which is full of useful matter. The re- mainder of the number is not so good as to call for any remark from us.
THE August number of the Genealogical Maga- zine is not of any especial note. It contains no paper of much interest. The editor offers the sum of ten shillings each for articles upon the following words: duke, marquess, earl, count, viscount, baron, lord, baronet, knight, esquire. We cer- tainly think this is a strange proceeding on the part of a magazine which should appeal to the learned.
UNDER the title of The Cromer Express the Great Eastern Railway Company publishes a short illus- trated guide to spots of interest between London and the popular Norfolk watering-place.
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