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series of ' Heroes of Peace,' illustrated by many representations of rescues on the deep. Englishmen will read with interest the account of the Arctic monument named after Tennyson by Dr. Kane. The paper has a view of the remarkable monument itself and portraits of Dr. Kane and his ancestors or relatives. ' The Trumpet in Camp and Battle ' is an article of a very unfamiliar kind. Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Nancy Pennington and the reproduction of Sir William Beechey's 'Brother and Sister' are excellent. The war articles have .also abundant interest. The frontispiece to the Pall Modi consists of an excellent photogravure of ' The Knight and Donor' of Hugo Van der Goes. A specially inter- esting paper is that of E. M. J. on the royal plate at Windsor Castle. Among the objects illustrated is the gold tiger's head, formerly in the possession of Tippoo Sahib. A capital account is given of the lovely Chateau of Chantilly, illustrated with many fine views and portraits. The Hon. Mrs. Boyle describes ' The Old House at Huntercombe and its Garden.' 'A Cots wold Village' depicts a sweet rural spot on the river Coin. ' The Heart of Modern Lapland,' and ' The Ship: Her Story,' part ii., are to be commended. Scribner's, the coyer of which once more offers a remarkable illustration of printing in colours, bears the title of a fiction number. It lias a good many stories, but it contains also a consider- able number of articles on war topics, including a continuation of Capt. Mahan's ' John Paul Jones in the Revolution,' and a second of the ' Story of the Revolution.' Among the stories is one of Mr. Kenneth Grahame's child tales entitled ' A Saga of the Seas.' Special attention is attracted by the coloured illustrations to a poem entitled ' The Sea is His.' These appear to be a complete novelty in their class.' Fights for the Flag,' by the Rev. W. H. Fitchett are continued in the Cornhill, the latest depicting Marlborough at Blenheim. ' Sir John Moore in '98,' by Canon Stavely, is described as a ' Forgotten Page of History.' Dr. John Tod hunter has a paper on ' Reading a Dictionary.' ' The 'Retreat from Moscow is an abridgment or an analysis of the experiences, during that disastrous campaign, of Sergeant Bourgogne, one of the Old Guard. It gives a graphic account of disasters and suffering. 1 he ' Etchingham Letters ' are continued, and some uncomfortable experiences of amateur farming are narrated by Mr. A. L. Stevenson. Macmulan's has an account, by Mr. H. C. Mac- dowall, of Jules Michelet, a man whose reputation, once high, is now on the wane. ' The Story of the Uganda Mutiny 'is told .by Major Mockler-Ferry- rnan. Mr. David Hannay deals with the new and critical edition of ' Don Quixote ' in Spanish, the first part of which has been issued by Messrs. Constable. Mr. Thomas Baty supplies an import- ant paper on ' The Basis of International Law.' ' The Shepherds of Olympus ' repays perusal. In Temple Bar is an important study of 'The O'Don- nells in Spain,' a description, not particularly signi- ficant, of Lourdes, and articles on Thomas Carew and Endymion Porter, to which the student of seventeenth-century literature may turn. ' An Attractive Pessimist,' is the name bestowed on Pierre Loti. ' My Cigar ' deals with the cultivation of tobacco in Cuba. In the Gentleman',? the most important paper is on John Wilson Croker. There is also a good account of ' Chamfort,' by Prof. H. Attwell. In a different ri^e, but no 'less to be commended, are ' The Brain-Power of Plants' and ' The Tudor Garden.' The contents of the English

Illustrated are principally fiction, though one or two are of a different class. Such arc ' Faces in Ivory,' 'Mary Moser, a Forgotten Royal Academician,' ' In the Public Eye,' and Mr. Shorter's interesting 'In My Library.' Miss A. Warner gives, in Lonr/- man'ft, a graphic description of ' Locusts.' Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole has a specially interesting paper on ' The Myth of the Soldan.' ' Traits and Humours of an Old- Word Book' is concerned with ' The New Academy of Complements.' Mr. Lang is entertaining as ever in 'At the Sign of the Ship.' Chapman's is made up of fiction, most of it suffi- ciently readable.

THE Journal of the Ex-Libris Society has a con- tinuation of the 'British Trophy Book-Plates ' of the editor, with illustrations, one of thorn repro- ducing a curious instance of canting heraldry. The writer of ' Odd Volumes and their Book-plates ' is hurt at the strictures that have been passed upon him in a genealogical publication. A quaint boolt-plate of Miss Ellen Terry, designed by her son, is given.

WHAT appears to be the penultimate part of Cassell's Gazetteer reaches us, and extends from Wick to Wolyerhampton. Among the spots of interest described are Winchester, Winchelsea, Windermere, Windsor, Winterton, and Wolsingham.

WE have received from the publishers, Gower, Limited, Maldon, a perfect copy of Mr. Fitch's excellent and useful Maldon and the River Black- water, recently noticed in our columns. We are glad to see it has reached a third edition.

UNDER the title ' Imperial Africa,' Major Mockler- Ferryman will issue an important work in three volumes, dealing with the British possessions in West, East, and South Africa. The first volume, sub-entitled ' British West Africa,' will be pub- lished in a few days by the Imperial Press, Limited. It will contain a large amount of hitherto unpub- lished information, much of it derived from the personal experience of the author in the Dark Con- tinent, and will be illustrated by coloured maps and engravings from photographs.

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