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his name. Among the new creations the most con spicuous is that of Lord Burnham of Hall Barn, the history of whose family and descent is that prac tically of the great daily newspaper he owns. None but the editor, we are told, and possibly the printer can realize "how innumerable are the fresh facts that are annually chronicled, and how many the changes constantly taking place in family history.' One of the most interesting articles in the pre- sent volume is that on the Barony of Fauconberg and Conyers, the abeyance of the former barony having on 29 September, 1903, been settled by His Majesty in favour of the Countess of Yarborough, already in her own right Baroness of Conyers. A barony, accordingly, which has been in abeyance for over four centuries, now reappears. In con- nexion with the Barony of Conyers further altera- tions have been made, the proper style of the widow of the late Lord Conyers being now Baroness Darcy de Knayth and Conyers. The decision of the iPoulett peerage in favour of the younger claimant, on of the late earl by his late wife, which had been anticipated, is recorded. Mr. Burke favours the establishment of a Committee of Privileges to decide on the succession to baronetcies, often an unsettled and unsatisfactory matter. Matter in abundance of actual and of enduring interest is discussed in a work each new issue of which is sure of a welcome.

BY beginning in the number for 1904 a review of ' Current Continental Literature ' the Fortniylitly 'returns to an earlier condition of affairs, the first numbers of the Rtview including critical notices of books. Mr. A. J. Dawson, an authority on the sub- ject, writes concerning ' The Situation in Morocco.' His counsel, we may be sure, will fall on deaf ears. Two separate articles are devoted to Herbert .Spencer, and one, by Mr. G. S. Street, to ' The Creeyey Papers.' ' Ibsen's Apprenticeship,' by Mr. William Archer, shows how much the .Norwegian dramatist, in his -early work, owes to Scribe, and -constitutes a virtual history of the establishment of the Norwegian stage, the growth of which is modern.' Some Notes as to London Theatres Past and Present,' by Sir Algernon West, which appears in the Nineteenth Century, demands consideration, tout is not quite trustworthy in dealing with the <past. It is not absolutely exact, for instance, to -ay that up to the time of the Restoration no woman had ever appeared on the stage. Mr. R. B. Marston (editor of the tFiyhing Gazette) speaks of ' The In- crease of Fish-destroying Birds and Seals,' and seems to think that some modification of recent legislation as to the protection of birds, &c., is necessary. He brings forward much testimony in favour of this view, which we are reluctant to accept. Prof. Herbert A. Giles writes on ' Jade,' Mr. Ernest Rhys on 'A Knight of the Sangreal,' Mr. W. S. Barclay on ' Life in Tierra del Fuego,' Princess Kropotkin on ' Lending Libraries and 'Cheap Books,' and Antonia Zimmern on ' New Discoveries in Electricity.' The frontispiece to the Pall Matt consists of Maurice Greiffenhagen's drawing of 'The Murder of Rizzio.' M. Santos Dumont describes ' The .Sensations and Emotions of Aerial Navigation.' In his 'Literary Geogra- phy' Mr. William Sharp describes Haworth and the bleak '"Bronte Country." In 'The Round Table' Mr. George Stronach falls upon Mr. Sidney Lee, and expounds his familiar views on the Bacon- Shakespeare controversy. The Atlantic Monthly -contains a further instalment of Sir Leslie Stephen's

'Editing,' which, as most recognize, is virtually an autobiography, it begins with his conduct of the Cornhill Magazine, and passes on to the ' Dictionary of National Biography, in dealing with which Sir Leslie pays a handsome tribute to his associate Mr. Sidney Lee. Subsequent portions describe men whom he met Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Ruskin, Browning, Spedding, Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, Herbert Spencer. The contribution is important, but the work is disappointing to admirers of Sir Leslie. ' Books New and Old ' is interesting, but the articles are of unequal value. Warm encomium is in some instances rather recklessly bestowed. Mr. Kipling and Whistler are the subjects of articles. Lady Broome continues, in the Cornhill, her 'Colonial Memories,' Dr. Richard Garnett his ' Alms for Oblivion,' and Mrs. Richmond Ritchie her 'Blackstick Papers.' Viscount St. Cyres is appreciative, perhaps unduly so, concerning Theo- dore Hook. Sir Algernon West writes popularly about ' No. 10, Downing Street.' Under the general title of 'Historical Mysteries' Mr. Andrew Lang begins, with ' The Mystery of Caspar Hauser, the Child of Europe,' what will doubtless prove an interesting series. Mr. Lang is at present addicted to the study of mysteries, but does not claim to go far in the direction of their solution. ' A Nineteenth- Century Philosopher' is a piece of persiflage. Mr. William Miller supplies to the Gentleman's an account of ' Athens under the Franks'; Mr. Single- ton describes superstitions surviving in County Meath, many of which are, in fact, widespread ; and the Rev. W. J. Ward writes on ' Character in Birds.' In ' At the Sign of the Ship,' in Longman's, Mr. Lang discusses the treatment accorded by M. G. de Mortillet to Dr. Schliemann's discoveries, and deals generally with the jealousies of antiquaries. Other subjects are humorously treated, including the Encyclopaedia Britannica.'

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