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 Great Britain 873 The Life and Letters of Zachary Macaulay, by his granddaughter, Viscountess Knutsford (London, Edward Arnold), is of interest, not only as a biography of the father of Lord Macaulay, but as the record of the life of one of the most earnest and disinterested of England's early humanitarian reformers, especially prominent in the anti-slavery move- ment. The latest volume in the series " Builders of Greater Britain " (Long- mans), is Sir Stanford Raffles, by Mr. Hugh Edward Egerton, for which abundant material, additional to that presented in the memoir published in 1830, has been obtained at the India Office. Some Records of tJie Later Life of Harriet, Countess Granville, by her granddaughter, Susan H. Oldfield (Longmans), forms a supplementary volume to those letters of Countess Granville written during her married life, and published in 1894. The York Prize Essay for igoo, by Mr. J. E. R. de Villiers, is published (Cambridge University Press) under the title Tlie LListory of file Legislation concerning Real and Personal I^'roperty in England dur- ing the Reign of Queen Victoria. Shifting Scenes ; or Memories of Many Aden in Many Lands, by the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Malet (London, Murray), is a series of reminis- cences of persons and events throughout an eventful diplomatic career. The author was at Washington during the Civil War, in Constantinople from 1865 to 1867, in Paris while the Franco-Prussian war was in progress, and in Egypt during the years which immediately preceded the British occupation. Messrs. Longmans and Co. will shortly publish Letters and Jour- nals of the China IVar, i860, by Major-General G. Allgoods. As a lieutenant the author served with the First Division China Field Force. Egypt and the LLinterland, by Mr. Frederick W. Fuller (Longmans, Green and Co.), contains a brief summing-up of the British occupation, but is chiefly concerned with the suppression of Mahdism, and with an account of the Coptic community. The Life and Correspondence of the Right Lion. LLugh C. E. Childers, i82-j-i8g6, by his son, Lieut. -Col. Spencer Childers (London, Murray), deals chiefly with the facts of Mr. Childers's career during his tenure of office as First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for War, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, and Home Secretary. The information and documents given for the period when Mr. Childers was at the War Office are fuller than for his other experiences, and cover much of the preliminary stages of the South African difficulty. Among the numerous books dealing with the South African question, one of considerable importance is The Second Boer War, i8gg-igoo, by John P. Wisser, Capt. U.S.A. (Kansas City, Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co.). VOL. VI.— 57.