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of Kentucky ' is depicted by Mr. John R. Procter. A day and a half is, it is known, the time ordinarily devoted to an exploration of this marvellous cavern. Judged from the designs of M. Andr6 Castaigne, the task of exploration is sufficiently trying to the nerves of all except the strongest. Similar im- pressions are conveyed by Mr. Webb's illustrations to his own account of ' The River Trip to Klondike.' The views on the Klondike river are very striking. Even more impressive are those illustrating ' The Rush to the Klondike over the Mountain Passes,' which are enough to daunt all except an Alpine climber. Very pleasingly continued is Mrs. Steven- son's account of 'Mexican Society in 1866,' with

its series of fine port-raits of Galliffet, Castelnau, and others. Mr. Burroughs's 'Songs of American Birds' may be warmly commended. Something of a misnomer is the title of the first article in Scribner's, which, while headed 'The Workers,' deals avowedly with the unemployed. Very realistic and saddening is the account by pen and pencil of existence in night refuges, if such they may be called, in Chicago. It is a relief to turn from these scenes to the pictures of * A Pompeian Gentleman's Home-life,' depicted by Mr. Nevflle-Rolfe from the recently excavated house of A. Veltius. The designs to Mr. Neville-Rolfe's paper throw a very interest- ing light upon Roman opulence. Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge continues his important contribution to our knowledge of 'The Story of Revolution.' Very striking indeed is the reproduction of Greiffen- hagen's * Judgment of Paris.' A picture of Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence forms the frontispiece. That to the Pall Mall consists of a delightful etching by Mr. Macbeth Raeburn of ' The Harbour of Rest. A description by the Duchess of Cleveland of Battle Abbey constitutes the paper of most historical and antiquarian interest. Both views and letterpress are of signal excellence. ' Staghunt- ing in the Old Days ' reproduces many quaint designs from J. E. Ridinger. Very beautiful are the designs to ' The River Dee.' Strangely stirring is ' The Record of the Gurkhas.' The whole number is, indeed, of exceptional interest and merit. ' The Diary of a Private Soldier in the Campaign of New Orleans,' which appears in Macmillan's, edited by Col. Wil- loughby Verner, is, in a sense, a continuation of a previous diary by the same private, John Timewell, of the 43rd Light Infantry, which was in an earlier number. Major Pearse gives a striking picture of ' The Evolution of the Sikh Soldier.' Mr. Saints- bury has an interesting paper on ' Novels of Univer- sity Life,' and Mr. Tighe Hopkins an estimate of ' Gavarni.' ' Pages from a Private Diary ' are con- tinued in the Cornhill, and have the customary pleasant flavour of literature and impertinence. The third of the ' Fights for the Flag' of the Rev. W. H. Fitchett describes the heroic adventures of writes on ' James Clarence Mangan.' The article is readable : but Mangan's merits as a poet seem over- estimated. Very interesting are the ' Stray Frag- ments of a Past of Lady Jane Ellice, whose father saw Louis XVI. Mr. E. H. Parker depicts for us 'The Life of a Chinese Mandarin.' 'An Ambas- sador's Letter-Bag' is opened in Temple Bar, and furnishes some pleasant revelations concerning John Hookham Frere and his correspondence. Another paper is on * Richard Wall,' a strange personality, minister during part of the last century in Spain, concerning whom in this country very little ia known. A narrative is also given of the death of
 * Lord Anson and the Centurion.' Mr. A. P. Graves

' Toussaint 1'Ouverture,' victim of the ambition and treachery of Napoleon. Mr. F. S. Leftwich writes, in the Gentleman's, on 'Old-World Ballads,' Mr. Ellard Gore on ' The Suns of Space,' Mr. Fawcett on ' The Knightly Orders of France,' and Mr. Banks on ' Fletcher of Saltoun.' The English Illustrated depicts ' The German Emperor and Empress at Home,' and has striking portraits of both. An illustrated paper of much interest is on ' Murdered Statesmen of the Century.' The first Napoleon is the subject of a further study under the title of ' The Great Adventurer.' ' Freaks of Nature in Olden Times' reproduces some of the wild ima- ginings of Sir John Mandeville and other early travellers. The engravings in general are excellent. Mrs. Andrew Lang sends to Longman's an analysis of 'The Memoirs of a Highland Lady,' and Mr. Lang, in ' At the Sign of the Ship,' gives as good as he gets to the author of 'Pages from a Private Diary.' 'The Secret of the Willow -Wren' is a pleasing study in natural history. Mr. Grant Allen writes on 'The Seasons of the Year.' Chapman's for March drops the serious article given in the two previous months, and is now once more wholly occupied with fiction, some of which is very enter- taining.

CASSELL'S Gazetteer, Part LIV., Tealing to Ting- rith, has views of Teignmouth, Temple Newsam, Tenby, Thirlmere, Thames Ditton, and other spots, as well as of the Temple Church, Tewkesbury Abbey, and Tenterden Tower.

THE Queen has just accepted specially bound copies of the first three volumes of the ' Historical English Dictionary, 'published and dedicated to Her Majesty by the University of Oxford, and has sent to the Delegates of the Press, through Sir Arthur Bigge, her best thanks for these first volumes of their magnificent work."

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