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" Hamlet." ' Every thinking man with the power of expressing himself can supply a theory of ' Hamlet.' Mr. Perceval Landon's ' To Paardeberg ' is a striking piece of descriptive writing. Prof. Heilprin de- scribes ' Mont Petee in its Might.' In ' The Incom- patibles ' the Rev. A. Galton deals with what seems to be a new schism in the English Roman Church. It is an interesting and important article, but we should like to know more concerning the author's right to speak. ' Mankind in the Making,' by Mr. H. G. Wells, is a first instalment of what bids fair to be a thoughtful comment on modern existence. Many valuable articles appear in tha Nineteenth Century, though there are few of them with which we are able to concern ourselves. Of distinctly literary papers there are only two, neither of them of very special interest. Lord Nelson writes on 'Hymns, Ancient and Modern,' a subject on which he is an authority. In an account on p. 466 of Keble's alterations of Watts the first two lines in the fourth verse must be wrongly divided, or Keble's alteration is as incorrect as regards rhythm as it is prosaic in feeling. Mr. James Mew writes on 'Hafiz,' an interest- ing subject, but is a little strained and obscure in style. Mr. Fitzroy Bell deals with ' Education in Egypt,' and supplies some strange particulars con- cerning the native educational arrangements. A great advance seems, however, to be in progress. Mr. Ernest A. Savage writes of ' The Bodleian Library,' and shows with what strange neglect it was treated during the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth. Sir Robert Hunter pro- tests against ' The Inclosure of Stonehenge,' and Mary H. Witt has a good paper on ' The Exhibition of Early Flemish Art in Bruges.' The Rev. John M. Bacon writes hopefully concerning ' The Develop- ment of the Air-Ship,' and thinks that before long the problem of its use will be solved. Mr. Percy Rowland has an interesting contribution upon ' The Beginnings of an Australian National Character.' Miss Edith Sellers shows the hope- lessness of existence ' In the Day-Room of a London Workhouse,' and describes matters in which we go sadly astray. The Pall Mall opens with sketches of 'The New Prime Minister and the Old,' both accompanied by portraits. Mr. T. P. O'Connor is responsible for the letterpress. 'As Others See Us ' is an account by an American who elects to remain anonymous of English writers of more or less eminence. Prof. Meldola, in 'The Struggle for Life,' deals with mimetic insects. The facts stated and the illustrations supplied are interesting, but we are not sure that the explana- tion is in every case convincing. Mr. Alfred Kinuear deals with what was once called ' The Best Club in Europe,' but no longer merits the appellation. One of the illustrations shows the proposed new billiard-table, with a three-handed game between the leaders of the two parties and Mr. Labouchere officiating as marker. Imitating Mr. William Archer, Mr. F. Lees gives, under the title of ' The Forbidden Play,' an account of a not very stimulating interview with M. Maeterlinck. An interesting description is furnished of fast travel- ling in France. The first of what appears likely to be a trustworthy series of articles on ' Prospects in the Professions begins with the navy, the advan- tages and chances of which are well worth the study of paterfamilias. Viscount St. Gyres gives an account of the man of all others most mercilessly chaffed in his lifetime, Martin Farquhar Tupper.

It appears that the poor creature was ambitious of a peerage, instead of which he had to content him- self with a much-needed pension from the Civil List. It is said that " vulgar Philistine self- righteousness was his watchword, flunkeyism and sectarian hatred [were] his stock-in-trade." Lady Grove describes the discomforts of ' Hotels as Homes.' Mr. A. I. Shaud depicts agreeably enough ' The England of Arthur Young and Cobbett.' Mr. H. Hutchinson has a characteristic article ' On a Forest,' and Mr. Oswald H. Latter deals with ' Wasps.' Mr. C. B. R. Kent, in Longman'.?, has a sensible paper on ' The Parliamentary Machine,' and Mr. W. H. Hudson describes vividly scenes of country life in ' A Shepherd of the Downs,' of which the first part only is given. In his ' At the Sign of the Ship' Mr. Andrew Lang has some pregnant thoughts on dreams, and deals amusingly with the Carnegie-Morley bequest. He also writes on the divining-rod. In the Gentleman's Mr. E. W. Williams gives an account of ' Phineas Pett, Naval Constructor,' the builder of the once-famous Sove- reign of the Sea. Mr. Thomas Bayne shows high appreciation of ' Thomas Aird, Journalist and Poet,' of whom he gives a good biography. Miss Benve- nuta Solomon writes on ' London in Verse,' but omits the nearest approach to a rhapsody London has provoked Capt. Morris's Oh, give me the sweet, shady side of Pall Mall !

WITH much regret we hear of the death, at his residence in Water Street, Stamford, of Mr. Joseph Phillips, Clerk to the Kesteven County Council. The deceased gentleman, who enjoyed a high local reputation, was born 18 February, 1824. He was during many years a contributor to our columns, his name appearing in our latest volume.

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