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seems to be the subject most in evidence. Max Nordau's 'Conditions of Success,' Mr. Richard Davey's 'Yet a Few More French Facts,' Mr. Claude Phillips's ' Impressions of the Bruges Exhi- bition,' and Mr. Firth's ' The Bodleian Library' are all the contents to which we can refer. Max Nordau would include ambition with " the daily bread and the woman" as the incentives to human effort among men raised above the level of animality. This view is specially illustrated from America, where ambition is most widespread, and the aurea mediocritas has the fewest partisans. The article is a quaint piece of paradox. Mr. Claude Phillips is largely occupied with JanVan Eyck and his followers, and Mr. Davey with the utterances of M. Thiers. Mr. Davey deals incidentally with the present position of the French Government with regard to Church and State. The most valuable contri- bution of all is Mr. Firth's on the Bodleian, which repays careful study. In the Nineteenth Century and After things are little better. Literature is represented only by a crude article on Jane Austen by Mr. Lord, a writer who thrust himself recently into a position of more publicity than dignity. Sir Robert Anderson continues his theorizing con- cerning ' Professional Criminals,' which again is a subject unsuited to pur columns. The critical por- tion of the review is occupied entirely with ' The Education Bill.' In her ' In Danish and Russian Old- Age Homes' Miss Edith Sellers shows that both Denmark and Russia turn to better account than England the money spent on aged poor. In the very worst of the town homes " life smacks of paradise compared with life in the day-room of our London workhouse." Yet the cost in England per head is higher than in either Denmark or Russia. It is interesting to find from Mrs. Walter Creyke's ' Spa and its English Associations ' that so early as the time of Henry VIII. Spa was in repute with English travellers. The article has pleasant his- torical and antiquarian interest. Among residents in Spa appears to have been Charles II. in the period of his wanderings. The Earl of Mayo has an article on ' Swedish Trout Fishing.' In the Pall Mall Capt P. H. Fawcett recommends Morocco as ' A New Touring Ground.' Portions of Morocco are familiar enough to the travelled English- man, and Tangier is a popular wintering - place and has European hotels. It is not, however, specially African. An excursion into the heart of Morocco is another matter, and is not to be commended to the average globe-trotter. Capt. Fawcett shows some admirable illustrations from photographs. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew's ' Impres- sions of London and Londoners in Coronation Year ' is, of course, highly interesting and valuable. In common with many other visitors to our shores, he is impressed with admiration for the conduct oi our police. Mr. A. W. Jarvis tells 'The Strange Story of the Beautiful Miss Walpole,' which is illus- trated by Reynolds prints. Mr. Holt Schooling's article on ' Gesture and Facial Expression ' invites the reader to take part in a competition. 'A Mystery of the South Seas ' has archaeological value. Part II. of 'As Others See Us' continues anony- mous. ' The Dangers of the Alps ' speaks of light- ning as one of the most capricious of storm perils, and narrates some of its strange freaks. No. II. in ' Prospects in the Professions ' in the Cornhill deals with the Bar, and gives particulars with which many are necessarily familiar, since every other man in London society seems to be a barrister, but

by which some, doubtless, may profit. No. III. of Dr. Garnett's ' Alms for Oblivion ' is occupied with the minor writings of Charles Brockden Brown,

of which an appreciative account is given. Mr. C. Oman has some amusing illustrations on the ' Writing of English Verse.' ' With George Wither in Hampshire ' is readable, and some good things are said about the delightful, but too prolific poet. We doubt, however, whether Mr. Sidgwick is quite enough of an enthusiast. Sir WilliamTjaird Clowes describes a remarkable ' Adventure in Saint Vin- cent.' ' Some Peasant Women ' is a pleasant article of an unfamiliar type. In Longmans Mr. Lang has a good deal to say in ' At the Sign of the Ship ' on our new Academy. From this he diverges to six- penny novels with a passing suggestion of a " six- penny academy." Thence we pass to cricket and the Quaternary Period in France, and end with the house of John Knox. Whatever he writes about, Mr. Lang is always an entertaining companion with a pleasant vein of cynicism. The Rev. John Isabell describes ' The Behaviour of Animals in Unfamiliar Circumstances.' Among the contributors is Miss Alice Comyns Carr with a quaint story more quaintly headed ' A Frog he would a- wooing Go.' Mr. Isabell also writes in the Gentleman's on 'Life-saving Appliances of Beetles.' Mr. Lennard has an article on 'The Bodleian.' Mr. Williams sends part ii. of the account of ' Phineas Pett, Naval Constructor,' and Mr. Gordon treats of Some Early Art Sales.'

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