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notorious friend John Hall Stevenson. ' A Summer amidst the Sabines ' gives a pleasing picture, by a female American, of life in Unibria. ' Roman Letter - Writers of To - day ' and ' Optimists and Pessimists ' are both to be commended. Scribner's appears with a prettily designed cover represent- ing Autumn, a girl holding a bowl of purple grapes. The contents remain warlike. ' The Worker ' appa- rently finishes with part vii., when, his journey across the American continent accomplished, the writer sees the Pacific. We cannot deal with the questions raised concerning military and naval adventures and exploits. It may be worth while to mention, however, that while the service of torpedo boats is shown to be of extreme danger, doubt is thrown on the value of the boats. ' The Woman's Paris ' will interest the fair sex. A capital picture of M. Daudet illustrates a no less excellent article, in the Pall Mall, on 'Alphonse Daudet in Private Life.' Not the only illustration is this, views being given of Madame Daudet and of some "olive branches." Compton Wynyates is depicted with the aid of photographs. It is to be hoped that the descriptions of baronial halls in England will be reprinted in a separate form. The late Mr. Gleeson White has a sympathetic article on Frederick Sandys, who is characterized as 'A Great English Illustrator,' a name no one will deny him. Sir Walter Besant's ' South London ' is con- tinued. Some fine photographs of Leghorn will be studied with interest by travellers in Italy. Mr. Quiller - Couch supplies a further instalment of ' From a Cornish Window,' and there is an account of ' Tuna Fishing in the Pacific.' In ' Fights for the Flag ' an account is given, in the CornhUl, by the Rev. W. H. Fitchett, of "the soldiers' battle," Inkermann. It is no less spirited than previous battle-pieces from the same source. The Marquess of Dufterin and Ava presents a stirring account of ' The Siege of Bomarsund,' as he witnessed it from the deck of a yacht. " An Old Whig" gives ' Some Memories of Kensington Palace.' Further ' Humours of Clerical Life' appear. Canon Wood deals ably with the perplexing subject of ' Witchcraft.' Mr. Hector Fraser describes, in the Gentleman's, ' Winter in a Deer-Forest.' The Rev. E. Peacock supplies, under the title ' A Master of Trinity,' an account of Dr. Mansel, Bishop of Bristol. Mr. Hyde's ' The Low Peak ' is in part a continuation of a previous article on ' Dovedale.' Mr. Pedrick dwells on ' The Heraldic Aspect of Scott's Works.' The English Illustrated has an account of 'Pavement Artists and their Work.' Major Martin Hume depicts 'A Fight in Leicester Square.' It deals with a disgusting but fatal brawl among drunkards. Among other illustrations, 'The Royal House of Austria' has a good portrait of the murdered Em- press. Some excellent views are given of ' The Monasteries of Meteora.' Mr. Rider Haggard con- tinues, in Longman's, his ' Farmer's Year.' ' A Dorsetshire Pastoral' is very pleasing. Mr. Lang is entertaining ' At the Sign of the Ship.'

WE take the following obituary notice of Mr. John Bohn from the Bookseller of 4 November :

" October 29. At his residence, near Brighton, aged ninety-two, Mr. John Bohn, probably the oldest surviving member of the book trade in England, and the last brother of James, and the better-known H. G. Bohn. His father was book seller to the English Foreign Office; an appoint

ment he owed to the good offices of Edmund Burke, the famous statesman. He was sent to school in Germany, and some two or three days after the >attle of Waterloo was allowed, with some com- janions, to visit the battlefield. He was initiated nto the routine of the trade in his father's office, and subsequently was for some years in business "n London on his own account. In 1851 he was
 * mployed by the Austrian Government to look

after the interests of the Austrian exhibitors in the great exhibition of that year, and shortly after- wards he joined the staff at Sotheby's as principal cataloguer, a post he retained until he retired about bur years since. During the forty-two years he was with that firm he catalogued nearly all the notable libraries which came under the hammer at VISS. of the Hamilton Palace collection, sold to though printed, was not issued in consequence."
 * heir famous rooms, including, also, the celebrated
 * he German Government, the catalogue of which,

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THE UNMISTAKABLE ("A White Elephant"). The kings of Ava and Siam are lords of the so-called white elephant. The animals are held in veneration in Siam, and kept in state in the stables of the king. There is a story, for which no authority is known, that when the king wishes to punish a nobleman who has incurred his wrath he sends him a white elephant, which the recipient is obliged carefully to guard, and the cost of which is serious. See, under * Elephant,' ' Hist. Eng. Diet.'

T. W. BRADLEY ("Olive Wilmot"). For full information respecting her see ' N. & Q.,' from 3 rd S. to 7 th S., under ' Cumberland (the Pseudo-Princess),' ' Olive Serres,' and ' Serres, Olivia Wilmot.'

JOHN HEBB (" Antigropelos "). See 'N. & Q.,' 7 th S. v. 249, 297, 363, 394 ; vi. 37.

CORRIGENDUM. P. 377, col. 2, 1. 7, for "the latter's " read Vertue's.

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