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while modern so-styled poets have to be taken on trust. Mr. lord Madox Hueffer writes appreciatively of Christina Rossetti. Mrs. John Lane has some pleasant gossip on 'Entertaining.' A second list of signatures appears to Mr. Hare's recent proposal for a 'British Drama,' and L. J. shows how acting is taught at the Paris Conser- vatoire. Mr. Cloudesley Brereton agrees with us on the question of ' Greek and the Public Schools.' ' The Franciscan Legends in Italian Art ' is the subject of a thoughtful and scholarly article in the Nineteenth Century by Emma Gurney Salter. Giottese frescoes of the Franciscan legends have been discovered at Pistoja overlaid with a coating of green paint. Devout affection, we are told, still hallows the name of the saint in Italy. Mr. Henry Arthur Jones writes on ' The Recognition of the Drama by the State,' and is far from optimistic as to the results of modern movements. Should a national theatre be established, Mr. Jones offers to present it with a play of his own composition. The value of such a gift the general reader will be far from surmising. R. B. Townshend describes ' The Snake-Dancers of Mishongnovi.' His article needs illustrations. "The Flight of the Earls ' opens out an interesting subject. The frontispiece to the Pall Mall consists of a re- iproduction in tint of ' A Cavalier,' by Meissonier. Following this conies ' The Life of a Carthusian Monk in England,' accompanied by photographs. Under the title of ' An Artist of the People,' a .study is given of Eugene van Meighem. It supplies many characteristic reproductions. Whether Mr. George Moore intends to be taken seriously in his ' Avowals ' we know not. Intentionally or unin- tentionally, he is very diverting. ' The Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River' gives many interesting and some startling views. Mr. Sharp deals with ' The Thames from Oxford to the Nore,' and his article is capitally illustrated. 'The Land of the Morning Calm ' depicts Korea. Miss Agnes C. Lant in "Ihe Search for the Western Sea' supplies to Scribner an interesting and admirably illustrated picture of early exploration. Mrs. {George Bancroft's very interesting correspondence is accompanied by excellent portraits of literary and political celebrities of the early part of last century Bunsen, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Carlyle and his wife, Wellington, Peel, Kingsley, &c. Oapt. Mahan's admirable ' History of the War of 1812 ' is continued, and there is a life, accompanied by a portrait, of Richard Strauss. A third instalment of ' Colonial Memories,' by Lady Broome, in the Cornhill, keeps up the high level of previous numbers. Judge Parry gives a humorous account of a day of his life in a county court. No. iii. of ' Historic Mysteries,' by Mr. Andrew Lang, differs from its predecessors in the fact that the writer seems able to solve ' The Case of Alan Breck,' and appears loath to do so. Prof. Bonney describes ' The Structure of a Coral Reef,' and Miss Betham-Edwards writes instructively concerning 'French Housekeeping.' The Atlantic Monthly supplies a ' Southern View of Lynching.' Mr. Henry Villard gives some interest- ing recollections of Lincoln. 'Cicero in Maine' is curious. 'George Borrow' is a sensible article on the author of ' The Bible in Spain.' A second part of 'Fra Paolo Sarpi ' follows. In the Gentle- man's, Mr. Attenborough describes as ' A Remark- able Literary Deception ' the letters of Pope Cle- meut XIV. Rossini scarcely shines as a humourist,

though he was, indeed, a pleasant companion, and said many clever things verging upon ill nature. ' Doctor Maginn ' is the subject of an interesting paper. Capt. Vaughan begins in Longman's a very striking account, to be continued, of the great fight on the ' Modder River.' Mr. W. E. Hicks defends play-reading, which stands surely in little need of defence. Among many subjects on which Mr. Lang converses brilliantly is the need of really good rimes to certain words.

ME. THOMPSON COOPER, of whose death we hear with much regret, was a tolerably frequent con- tributor to our columns. Best known as a jour- nalist, he also did good service as a biographer, and published, through Messrs. Bell & Sons, a 'Bio- graphical Dictionary,' which during many years held a position of authority. From the beginning of the ' Dictionary of National Biography ' he was engaged upon it, and it has been asserted that he was responsible for a larger number of minor bio- graphies than any other contributor to its pages. A reply on the subject of Robert Scot, or Scott (9 th S. xi. 334), is his latest traceable communica- tion, and is worth attention as a proof of the amount of out-of-the-way information he possessed. Mr. Cooper had been since 1860 a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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COL. MILDMAY. A search through all the General Indexes has failed to give a clue to any article on the meaning of the name Mildmay. You may be interested in the account at 2 nd S. iii. 497 of the Diary of Sir Humphrey Mildmay, as his life is not inthe'D.N.B.'

ETIIKL LKGA-WKEKKS. Neither 'Fur Deales' nor ' Stanbury Family ' can be traced.

H. R. LSIGIITON (" King of Patterdale "). Anti- cipated, ante, p. 193.

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