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System.' Scribner's remains national and patriotic. An account by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt of ' The Rough Riders ' takes them to Cuba. It constitutes sufficiently stimulating reading, and is freely illus- trated. ' Four National Conventions ' is by Senator George F. Hoar, whose portrait appears as a frontis- piece to the number. The conventions in question to which Mr. Hoar went as deputy were held in 1876, 1880, 1884, and 1888, and were for the nomina- tion of the President and Vice-President of the United States. Englishmen can with difficulty interest themselves in the questions of purely domestic policy which are raised, but the portraits of vigorous and assertive personalities have an attraction of their own. Mr. Sidney Colvin's The letters are, of necessity, interesting. We own, however, to some feeling of disappointment in them. The fiction is as a rule excellent. In a capital number of the Pall Mall the most interesting con- tents are continuations. ' Suppressed Plates ' deals, in the present instalment, with Dickens, and repro- duces the much discussed Buss etchings. The sup- pressed portrait of Dickens is a far from satisfactory likeness; the comic pictures are as a rule good. The originals, formerly in the possession of Miss Buss, of the North London Collegiate School, were sold after her death, and are, it is said, undiscover- able. There should surely be little difficulty in finding them. Part IV. of 'The Ship: her Story' is equal in value to preceding portions, and is finely illustrated. Mr. E. T. Murray Smith continues his ' Naval Heroes in Westminster Abbey,' and Sir Hugh Gough his ' Old Memories.' A charming frontispiece of a 'River Scene, Hildesheim,' is a capital etching. ' The Pipes of Pan ' is beautifully illustrated. 'From a Cornish Window' is always readable and good. A description in the Cornhill of ' Little Holland House ' is written obviously by one who had the run of that pleasant mansion, and gives some most interesting details concerning its inmates. 'A West-Country Wit,' by Sir Robert Edgcumbe, supplies some stories which are both good and new. The same may be said of 'The Humours of School Inspection,' and, to some extent, of 'Sentiment and Feelin',' though in the last named a well - known chestnut is brought forth, and assigned a new parentage. In a more serious vein is 'Western Precursors of Dante,' a noticeable study of mediaeval views held by Irish Christian dreamers. Mrs. Archibald Little describes 'A Summer Trip to Chinese Thibet.' The latest instalment of the ' Etchingham Letters ' is specially happy. Temple Bar gives a very interesting account of Desiree Clary, a young lady of Marseilles, whose curious destiny it was to be betrothed to Napoleon, and married to the King of Sweden. ' A Study in the Past ' deals with Gold- smith, Miss Burney, and Miss Austen. ' A Chap- ter from " Kenilworth " ' depicts the splendid and shameful career of Leicester. 'Happy Hits in Oratory ' is amusing. A good account is given of Cologne, which is called " the Rome of the Rhine." In the new Century Mr. C. Walters writes on the 'Mystery of Shakespeare's Sonnets.' Mr. Percy Fitzgerald supplies No. 1 of ' Pickwickian Studies,' and Mr. Schiitz Wilson writes on ' Zola's " Nana."' Mr. C. Trollope contributes to the Gentleman's a very pleasing paper ' Of Birds' Songs.' Under the title ' The First Printed Book and its Printer' Mr. Percy Fitzgerald writes on the Mazarin Bible and John Gutenberg. * A Soldier Historian ' is Josephus.
 * Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson 'are continued.

of our readers will have keen interest. The special feature of the Enylish Illustrated continues to be the coloured designs, which are marvels in their way. The contents are largely fiction. ' How They Survive ' shows the methods adopted by Nature to protect animals from their foes. ' A Famous Fratri- cide,' by Major Martin A. S. Hume, tells very dramatically the story of the once famous Goodeve murder. ' From the Cape to Cairo ' is excellent in letterpress and illustrations. In Longman's Mr. Lang is, as usual, amusing and edifying. 'A Farmer's Year,' by Mr. H. Rider Haggard, is continued, as is Mr. Tallentyre's 'Great Letter- Writers.' Miss Humphreys gives a good account of Sir Thomas Bodley.
 * British Fire-Festivals ' is a paper which to many

THE RIGHT HON. D. H. MADDEN, M.A., LL.D., has issued in a separate form a few copies of his paper on The Early Life and Work of Shafapeare, read before the Royal Institution of Great Britain. At a time prodigal of sincere, earnest, and com- petent work concerning Shakspeare little has been published more worthy of attention than this brochure.

IN addition to the quarto form, the Hairless Paper Pad of the Leadenhall Press is now issued in octavo;. The new form does not disturb our fidelity to the old, which we have employed with complete satisfaction since its first introduction. One dis- tinct advantage the new pad possesses. When making entries away from home say at the British Museum or the Record Office one hnds the octavo pad just the thing to slip into the topcoat pocket a purpose for which the quarto pad is too large.

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