Page:Notes and Queries - Series 9 - Volume 2.djvu/228

 220

NOTES AND QUERIES. to- s. 11. SEPT. 10,

contributions is one on the Jungfrau Railway 'The Conscience of a Business Man' is readable and sympathetic. Some very sensible observa tions are included in ' The Point of View. Englishmen will read with gratification Grace Ellery Channing's ' England.' To Macmillan's Mr. A. F. Robertson sends 'The Home of the Black Dwarf ' adding to what has been told us of the spot by .Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Lang Writing on ' The Bastille,' Mr. Charles Whibley shows it before its destruction as a " stately pleasure-house " rather than a prison. ' The Story of Ram Singh' is a striking record of Sikh heroism. Mr. H. F. Hall contributes ' Two Chapters of Irish History,' and Mr. Godley describes ' Oxford in the Eighteenth Century.' The Pall Mall includes in its descriptions of English palaces and homes an account by Lord Henry Scott of Dalkeith Palace, which, in addition to interior and exterior views, reproduces some of the more famous portraits. An account of 'The Real "Mark Twain"' narrates some interesting particulars, and is illustrated by some good portraits. Sir Charles Dilke is not very sanguine as to ' An Anglo - American Alliance,' though he holds such to be " just possible." Relations, it may be, will become continually closer. ' Ranging the Dykes ' is a characteristic contribution of "A Son of the Marshes." Sir Walter Besant continues his papers on South London, and deals in very interesting fashion with the Bankside in Elizabethan times. ' From a Cornish Window ' remains amusing. ' The Siege of San Sebastian,' contributed by the Rev. W. H. Fitchett to the Cornhill, tells a doleful story of English mismanagement and consequent loss of life. Mr. Karl Blind gives, under the title ' In Years of Storm and Stress,' an animated account of his sufferings in revolutionary days. ' The Etching- ham Letters' are agreeably and amusingly con- tinued. ' The Miseries of Human Life ' is a not very successful attempt to revive our interest in an old and exploded vein of humour. Mr. Frank T. Bullen depicts ' Devil Fish,' and Miss C. Bolitho describes a ride through Rupshu. The penul- timate part is given of Mr. Stanley Weyman's ' Castle Inn.' It startles one at first to see at the foot of Temple Bar the signature as publishers of Macmillan & Co. in place of Bentley. The literary world was, however, prepared for the change. Ample materials for 'Frederic Hervey, Earl and Bishop,' exist in ' The Letter-Books of John Her- vey ' and other recent publications. An animated account is given of 'The Battle of Leu then.' ' Pope and Horace ' is a well-written and plausible paper. ' St. Frond de Perigueux ' deals with a lovely edifice but little known to English travellers. 'A Gutter Merchant' has a misquotation from ' Lear,' the more curious since it is definitely announced as "correct." Mr. F. P. Gibbon sends to the Gentleman's 'The Record of the Sikhs.' ' The Angels of the Divine Comedy ' has much interest to students of Dante. Mr. H. Brierley describes ' The Great White Horse of Yorkshire,' of the existence of which we were unaware. ' Beside the .Dove ' gives a pleasant picture of travel in Dertifyshire. ' Potentates in Pinafores ' gives, in the English Illustrated, an account of child rulers, principally, though not wholly, of the present century. ' The Great Adventurer ' brings the career of Napoleon to a close. Mr. William Simpson has some personal recollections of ' The Guards at Inkerman.' 'Jersey Cattle' is a pleasant article

pleasantly illustrated. To Longman's Mr. Rider Haggard supplies a long first instalment of 'A Farmer's Year.' The writer seems to be solving the problem how to make farming pay. Mr. Brander Matthews's ' Enquiry as to Rhyme is good, but not quite convincing. We are far from agreeing with all the views put forth. Some rimes he looks on as defective have a claim all their own. Mr. Lang is entertaining, as is his wont, in ' At the Sign of the Ship.' In addition to the customary selection of short tales Chapman's has an article on cricket by Mr. F. Gale.

THE Antiquary for August is not an interesting number. With two exceptions the articles are poor. ' Notes of the Month ' are always well done and there is a paper on ' Bishops' Gloves,' by H. J. Freasy, which is full of useful matter. The re- mainder of the number is not so good as to call for any remark from us.

THE August number of the Genealogical Maga- zine is not of any especial note. It contains no paper of much interest. The editor offers the sum of ten shillings each for articles upon the following words: duke, marquess, earl, count, viscount, baron, lord, baronet, knight, esquire. We cer- tainly think this is a strange proceeding on the part of a magazine which should appeal to the learned.

UNDER the title of The Cromer Express the Great Eastern Railway Company publishes a short illus- trated guide to spots of interest between London and the popular Norfolk watering-place.

gxrikes to

We must call special attention to the following notices :

ON all communications must be written the name ind address of the sender, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately.

To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rule. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. Correspond- ents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication " Duplicate."

PERTINAX ("Supposed Graffito of the Cruci- ixion"). The representation to which you allude was proved not to be genuine.

W. LOCH, Keble College ("Lyra Innocentium "). Shall appear without delay.

NOTICE.

Editorial Communications should be addressed to ' The Editor of ' Notes and Queries ' "Advertise- ments and Business Letters to "The Publisher"

it the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C. We beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which, for any reason, we do not print ; and to this rule we can make no exception.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION BY POST For this Year, Fifty-three Humbert.

s. d For Twelve Months 1 6 11

For Six Months ... ' 10 6