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judicious kindliness, all that can be said in favour of these essays and that is not little and yet does not refuse to admit their imperfections the chief of which he happily denominates " flimsi- ness." We agree with Sir Arthur in finding no philosophy in the book, but Hazlitt's views - come out pretty clearly in his relative estimate of the characters.

The Fortnightly for June is an interesting number. In the way of relief from war we have three papers concerned with art and literature. Henry James, as seen by his secretary, is the theme of one of these. Theodora Bosanquet really adds something to that composite portrait of him Upon which so many hands have now been employed. Mr. John Cournos discusses the sculpture of Mr. Jacob Epstein in a paper which, despite some touches of rather cheap super- ciliousness, is decidedly clever. Mr. Lilly gives an abstract of M. Paul Bourget's new book ' Lazarine.' We share his admiration of that book, though we are not quite sure that it deserves so massive a compliment as this appear- ance in The Fortnightly, and we should have been interested in some critical estimate of it. The number includes two poems both poems of the battlefield, and both, though not exactly great work, yet well worth having.

The Nineteenth Century for this month contains one of the finest pieces of verse from the seat of war that we have lately seen Lieut. Geoffrey Dearmer's ' Gommecourt.' There are passages which have about them something of the character of the exercise, but there are also lines and phrases which are " the real thing," and the vivid sense of the forms, and of the light and beauty, of the natural scene lends force even to the stanzas which go a little too stiffly. Sir George Green- wood writes on ' The Heal Shakespeare Problem n in reply to Mr. Gordon Crosse's article in the April number. Another article which readers of ' N. & Q.' will be attracted by is Mr. A. E. P. Weigall's ' The German Menace to Antiquities.'

THE first number of The Cornhill which comes to us from Albemarle Street contains four articles connected with the War ; a gracefully written short story ' Ex Voto,' by Mr. E. H. Lidderdale ; some tuneful verses by Dr. Henry Van Dyke ; and two character -sketches. These last are Judge Parry's lively account of Abraham Lincoln as an advocate a piece of work we should like to have extended into a substantial portrait ; and ' Frank Bumand,' which is by the hand of " Toby, M.P.," and that is tantamount to saying that it is a very genial and readable paper. There is also a discussion entitled ' What is Wrong with the Church ? ' by Mr. Gilbert Coleridge.

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