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hcroed and expected that the same accomplished writer will in time give us in similar renderings the entire poetical portion of 'Ihe Canterbury Tales ' and perhaps some other works of the poet. Introductions and notes constitute notable features.

THE Burlington Magazine opens with a finely executed miniature by Hans Holbein, a portrait of a lady erroneously described as Mr. Richard R. Holmes shows as Frances Howard, Duchess of Norfolk. A series of well-known masterpieces by Velasquez follows. These portraits of Spanish queens and royal ladies are from the Vienna Gallery. Mr. Lionel Oust is responsible for an article accom- panying the pictures from the collection of Prince Albert. ,A condemnation follows of the system of collecting which raises a second-rate Watteau to an equality with a superb Rembrandt, and a Houdon or a Pigalle to the height of a Michaelangelo or a Verrocchio. ' The Exhibition of French Primi- tives ' is concluded. In the editorial matter appears an accurate statement that " there is no civilized

country in Europe where a man who knows or

thinks too much, or who has any higher standard than the man in the street, is so generally suspected and overlooked."

To the Fortnightly Mr. Beerbohm Tree contri- butes ' The Humanity of Shakespeare,' an address delivered to the students of his newly formed School of Acting. The subject is inexhaustible. What is said is, to some extent, unconscious auto- biography, and it would be easy to anticipate the actor's intentions from his comments. Shylock is the character, unacted as yet by Mr. Tree, which is dealt with at most length, and enough is said concerning it to show that when he is presented the Jew will be as unlike that of Sir Henry Irving as that of Macklin. Alexander Bain is discussed under the title of 'The Last of the "English School" of Philosophers.' He is thus, though a Scotsman, separated from Dugald Stewart and others of what was once called "the Scottish School" of philosophy. 'Michail Ivanovitch Glinka' deals with a man about whom the general public knows little. 'Temporary Power,' by Mrs. John Lane, is an amusing sermon on Shakespeare's text, "Dressed in a little brief authority." Lady Currie writes, in the Nineteenth Century i concerning some of the ' Enfants Trouves ' of literature, and in so doing deals with many things disparate and incongruous. She quotes from one of her strayed children the marvellous lines descriptive of female beauty

And like the Grecian fair one, down her face In a straight line her scenting organ sped. The italics are ours as well as hers. She deprecates the wrath of Mr. George Moore, deals with the pieds of the Regent of Orleans. The copy of these same little feet seems taken from the edition of 1757, and not that of 1718, in which case they are not those known as designed for the Regent. An interesting account is given of 'The Women of Korea.' Dr. William Ewart suggests the use of medicated air for curative purposes. Mrs. Higgs writes on 'Tramps and Wanderers.' A full and well-illustrated account of Hever Castle, the home of Anne Bpleyn, is supplied to the Pall Mall by Miss Olive Sebright. A life of Sir Edward Monson, our ambassador at Paris, follows. Mrs. George Corn wallis- West describes 'A Journey in
 * Ballad of Reading Gaol,' and refers to les petits

Japan.' The opportunities for observation enjoyed by the writer do not appear to have been special. No. v. of Mr. Moore's ' Avowals ' deals with Kipling and Loti. Mr. Sidney Low sends to the Cornhill an admirable appreciation of Henry Morton Stanley. After disappearing for some time, " The Blackstick Papers" of Mrs. Richmond Ritchie are renewed, the present instalment (No. 9) dealing principally with pictures. Under the heading 'Historic Mysteries' Mr. Lang tells again the story of the Cardinal's necklace. ' The First Englishman in Japan ' was William Adams, for whom see the 'D.N.B.' No. 1 of 'Household Budgets Abroad' deals with the cost of living in Germany. We find the anticipated conclusion that life among the middle classes in Germany "is cheaper because it is simpler." An account is given of ' The Arctic Railway.' 'Eight Captains of their Fate,' in the Gentleman's, is the account of sufferings in Arctic seas in 1631. An interesting criticism is given of the new cathedral at Westminster. A strange story is told concerning Princess Charlotte. The history of Antoine de Guiscard, more generally known as the Abbe de la Bourlie, is narrated at considerable length. Mr. Charles L. Eastlake writes, in Long- man's, on ' The Misrule of Material London,' and complains of many abuses it is now vainly, as it appears, sought to remedy. '"Chopping'' on the Old Calabar River ' describes a strange and not very conceivable state of affairs. Mr. Lang, in 'At the Sign of the Ship,' deals with the disease called "Omaritis," which rages worse in America even than in England, and explains the cause of its existence.
 * Sunlight and Movement in Art ' is well illustrated.

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