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not where to lay our hands upon so vivid a picture of the horrors of war. The Vicornte de Poncins gives a very unfavourable account of Abyssinia and its ruler, and holds that as a result of Adowa the country has become inaccessible to all progress. Mr. J. Churton Collins advocates ' A University for

Riders,' in which is given fight at Las Guasimas. Senator Hoar continues also his ' Political Reminiscences.' Some striking por- traits of Mr. John W. Alexander, of whom a short account is supplied, are reproduced. The present instalment of Stevenson's letters contains his corre- spondence while he was at Mentone, of which spot some good pictures are given. * The Business of the Theatre' is a capitally illustrated paper by Mr.

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author. It gives pictures, brilliant or humorous, of Egypt under British domination: 'Tommy Atkins in the Fish Market,' 'Egyptian High Life,' 'A Descendant of the Prophet,' &c., are very happy. ' Kinsmen Strong,' a song of English and American union, has also some marvellous illustrations. ' Sup- pressed Plates' are continued, the present instal- ment giving many cancelled plates from ' Oliver Twist,' ' Martin Chuzzlewit,' ' The Strange Gentle- man,' ' Pictures from Italy,' and ' Sketches by Boz.' Sir Hugh Gough also continues his deeply inter- esting 'Old Memories.' 'Among the Pines at Arcachon' presents a part of France little known to Englishmen in general, but repaying well a visit. Mr. Quiller Couch sends his last contribution ' From a Cornish Window,' and will be followed by Mr. W. E. Henlev, who will give a monthly caMserie under the title *Ex Libris.' In the Cornhill the diverting 'Etchingham Letters' are brought to a conclusion, the names of the writers, Sir Frederick Pollock and Mrs. Fuller Maitland, being now affixed to them. Mr. Michael MacDonagh writes on ' The Bye-ways [sic] of Journalism.' How such a mis- nomer can have been penned by the writer or passed by the editor is inconceivable. If we are to have "bye-ways" we may have a monstrosity such as "bye-paths." Those who first used the word "bye-law" now, happily, beginning to drop into desuetude are responsible for much slovenly ortho- graphy. "Bye" is never rightly used except in words such as " good-bye " and the more familiar

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Slater and Freshfield go some way towards proving that it is bestowed in no very noticeable degree upon women. Mr. Cornish writes well on ' North Nor- folk Fish and Fowl.' ' A Weekly Miracle' describes eating class, a process which we have often seen accomplished in a London club-room. ' A Missionary of the Far West' takes us back in memory to the days of Ruxton. Temple Bar gives an account of ' Steinkirk,' in which English valour under adverse circumstances showed itself no less conspicuous than it has often been proven in victory. r ln and Out of a London Square' describes the childish imaginings of one whose youth was passed in Lincoln's Inn Fields. As it proceeds the article developes antiquarian interest. 'Mademoiselle de Lespinasse ' gives a sympathetic and very readable account of one of the most sympathetic of women, in whose career the irony of life is strangely illus-

trated. 'Sheridan's Sons' is a very interesting paper by Mr. W. Fraser Rae. Mrs. Lsetitia McClmtock sends to the Gentleman's ' Some Super- stitions of the Ulster Peasant.' Mr. Schiitz Wilson writes on Beaumont's Euphrasia, who is styled a kinswoman of Imogen ; and Mr. Ralph Nevill describes 'The Real d'Artagnan.' An important paper on 'The Last Days of Charles the First,' a noteworthy article by Mr. Edward Almack, appears in the English Illustrated. Many remark- able portraits are given, as is a picture of the execution. A coloured plate of the trial serves as frontispiece. Three other coloured plates ex- cellent in point of execution are in the number, which also includes a good paper on ' Charac- teristics of British Game Birds.' In this we hear of partridges as pets. ' A Monarch of all he Surveys is a good account of the Cocos-keeling and Christmas Isles. The ' Essay 9n Criticism,' by a Lady Novelist, which appears in Longman's, is an amusing skit upon false quantities. No. VII. of ' A Farmers Year,' by Mr. H. Rider Haggard, is no- wise inferior to former portions. Mr. W. H. Hudson gives a further account of ' London Birds.' ' At the Sign of the Ship ' is in Mr. Lang's best vein. Mr. Cuming Walters concludes, in the New Century, his ' Mystery of Shakespeare's Sonnets,' and Mr. Percy Fitzgerald continues his ' Pickwickian Studies.' ' Reminiscences of a Professional Politician ' are amusing. The American Critic reviews M. Boutet de Monvel and his work, Lewis Carroll, Black's novels, Mr. Sidney Lee's ' Shakespeare,' and ' The Open Question' of Miss Elizabeth Robins. Many of the articles are well illustrated.

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