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partii. of 'The Young Napoleon.' The present instal- ment leads us to the outset of the Italian campaign. A life of Mr. John Pierpont Morgan follows; Mr. Ernest M. Jessop describes, by special permission, ' The Queen at Sandringham ' ; Mr. Mallock con- tinues his bewildering ' New Facts relating to the Bacon-Shakespeare Question ' ; Mr. William Archer has a "real conversation" with Lucas Malet ; Mr. William Sharp describes ' The Country of Dickens,' and Sir F. C. Burnand continues his 'Mr. Punch.' As regards letterpress and illustrations the number is equally attractive. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett

S'ves in the Cornhill a bright account of Thiers. is article contains some striking stories. Meet- ing Ranke at Vienna after the fall of the Second Empire, Thiers asked him with whom his country- men were then waging war, and received the answer, " With Louis XIV." Thiers belonged nominally to the Church of Rome, but, says Sir Rowland, distinctly disbelieved in its doctrines. ' Prospects in the Professions ' this month deals with the stage, and says very much that is true, without, perhaps, conveying quite all the truth. Sir William Laird Clowes, in ' A French Adven- turer in Ireland in 1798,' narrates the striking and very romantic adventures of Moreau de Jonnes, who landed at Killala, and ultimately escaped to France. His adventures with Mile. D'Herblay are very remarkable, and suggest a play by Beaumont and Fletcher or an old ballad. Mr. W. M. Fuller- ton's ' Before Homer : Sea-Power and the Odyssey ' will strongly interest classical scholars, it iden- tifies Peregil, the African Algeciras, with Kalypso's Island. No. x. of ' Provincial Letters ' closes the series. Prof. Gregory describes recent discovery in ' Astronomy of the Unseen.' Mr. F. T. Bullen writes concerning 'A Great Merchant Seaman,' who seems to have been one of England's heroes. In Longman's Mr. Andrew Lang describes an annoying experience we can ourselves parallel, of purchasing books and finding an entire sheet missing. We found such a gap in a rare Elzevir Moliere, and have even known it in books sent for review. Mr. Lang gives a foretaste of F. W. H. Myers's forthcoming book, 'Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death,' and he deals rather severely with the * Encyclopaedia Biblica.' ' Mere Words,' by Mr. Harold Ismay, has a literary flavour. Mr. C. B. Roylance Kent, in 'The Platform as a Political Institution,' holds that we have not much political oratory that can be properly styled great, which, after all, is neither very astounding nor much to be regretted. In the Gentleman's Mr. H. Schu'tz Wilson has an interesting account of the life of Goethe at Weimar. Mr. Ebenezer Bur- gess treats of the astronomical subject on which Prof. Gregory enlarges in the Cornhill. Mr. A. Francis Steuart deals with the ' Saracens in Sicily,' and Mr. Whitewav describes the 'Fors of Bearn,' a species of judicial tribunal. Scribner's opens with ansccount by Edith Wharton of 'Picturesque Milan. Ihe writer vindicates the claim of Milan to picturesqueness, often disputed by the tourist, and speaks of it as gay rather than sinister, as sug- gestive m lights rather than in shadows. Abundant illustrations, including a beautiful view of The Gardens on the Naviglia,' add to its attractions. Mr. James Ford Rhodes gives an account of the presidential office, and also deals with successive presidents. ' The Isle of Pines,' by Mr. John Finlev has many fane views of Nueva Gerona, the capital, and other spots in the island, from photographs by

the author. Paradise is a term applied to the place, but it is lonesome-looking, and an hotel which is depicted conveys the idea of a cemetery. A second part of ' English Court and Society, 1883- 1900,' by Mary King Waddington, gives further letters from Madame Waddington, the French Ambassadress. An amusing tribute is given by Madame Waddington to Mr. Penley's acting in ' Charley's Aunt.' It is said, " His black silk dress and mittens were lovely ; he looked really a prim old spinster, and managed his skirts so well." The English Illustrated, now one of the latest magazines to appear, has an account by a Japanese of ' London Streets,' ' Scenes in Nigeria,' ' Some Glimpses of pur Rarer Birds,' and other well-written and well- illustrated articles.

WE regret to announce the death on Saturday last in Oxford of the Rev. John Earle, M.A., LL.D., Prebendary of Wells since 1871, Rector of Swans- wick since 1857, and Oxford Professor of Anglo- Saxon. Prof. Earle was born at Elston, Churchstow, South Devon, 29 January, 1824 ; was educated at Kingsbridge Grammar School and at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. He took a first class in Literis Humanioribus in 1845, three years later was elected a Fellow of Oriel, and was Professor of Anglo-Saxon 1849-54. Many works, chiefly philological, are due to him. His ' Philology of the English Tongue ' is in a fifth edition. He was, of course, a contributor to our columns, and his name appears in the present series.

MR. A. P. BURKE, editor of ' Burke's Peerage,' is now engaged in the preparation of a new edition of ' Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland,' which will shortly be published by Messrs. Harrison & Sons, 59, Pall Mall, S.W. The editor will be glad to hear from every one interested in the account of his family given in that work, and begs that intimation may be sent to him without delay of all births, marriages, and deaths which have occurred since the last edition was issued. It is hoped that the work will be ready during April.

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