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 220 NOTES AND QUERIES. w* s. iv. sept. 9, m the designs usually kept apart in a pocket of the portfolio. Mr. William Archer, in his ' America To-day: the Republic and the Empire,' gives the impressions produced by a recent visit to the United States. What he says concerning the state of the relations between England and America at this period of expansion of hearts is well worthy of attention. ' The Robber and the Burglar' is one of Miss Nesbit's tales of child life. 'Silhouettes in Parliament' supplies amusing representations of Lord Charles Beresford, Sir Henry Stanley, Sir Charles Dilke, and others. Both letterpress and designs are of high quality. — To the Gentleman's Mr. C. W. Heckethorn sends an account of 'Old London Taverns and Tea Gardens,' which forms a valuable appendix to the existing account of ' Parks and Pleasure Grounds.' The article has great interest to antiquaries. Mr. G. L. Apperson has an excellent paper on 'Some Shakespearian Names,' dealing at some length with the name Falstaff. Mr. HT Schiitz Wilson supplies the second part of his contribution on Massinger's ' Fatal Dowry,' and Mr. Pelham Gordon writes on ' Goblets and Drink- ing Cups.'—In the Enylish Illustrated the coloured designs still constitute an attractive feature. Mr. Morrell's ' Silhouettes' reproduces a wonderfully good silhouette of Gibbon, whose stodgy figure is recognizable yards away, with others of Scott, Burns, Pitt, Wellington, and Peel, as well as some celebrities of more modern days. Two illustrated papers of special interest are 'Seaside Resorts Past and Present' and the best pictures in the amateur photographic competition. Some of the results obtained in the latter are excellent.—In the Corn- hill Mrs. Margaret L. Woods continues her ' Pastels from Spain,' giving striking pictures of Zamora, Benevento, and Astorga and Leon. Another inter- esting record of observation and adventure is ' Travels in China,' by Mrs. Henry Clarence Paget. Mr. Karl Blind gives, under the title ' In Years of Storm and Stress,' the third portion of his romantic adventures during the revolutionary period in Germany. He appears, indeed, to have had the narrowest escapes from death. The ' Mutiny of the Hermione' tells a terrible story of revolt and blood- shed, unfortunately only too true. ' People I have Known' supplies amusing particulars concerning Macaulay, Rogers, Tennyson, Pusey, and English Royal Academicians and French royalty. The paper is very interesting. The fiction is excellent.—Miss S. M. Crawley Boevey's contribution to Longman's, ' Some Makers of Sweet Sounds,' has an attractive antiquarian flavour. The same may be said of ' The Use of Simples,' a subject on which it is well to collect—though the task is difficult, since men, and women too, are reticent—such knowledge as is still available, as it will soon be too late. ' A Farmer's Year,' by Mr. H. Rider Haggard, maintains its value and interest. Mr. Andrew Lang, in ' At the Sign of the Ship,' keeps up vivaciously his dispute with Mr. Stephen Gwynn as to the heroines of Miss Austen, and gives us his own favourite heroines. They are not in every case ours, but that was to be expected.—' Literature in Captivity,' which forms the subject of a contribution to Tempts Bar, suggests many uncomfortable reflections. How many works that the world " will not willingly let die have been written in durance 1 The names of Cervantes, Raleigh, and Bunyan at once present themselves. There are, however, scores of others. Lamb said that Withers caged notes were sweeter than those of his free brethren. Some birds, indeed, sing sweetest in captivity. ' Mrs. Samuel Pepys' is another good subject well treated. Mrs. Pepys was in fact, as is said, very human, and, thanks to her husband's indiscretions—carefully veiled as these were—we know far more about her than we ought. 'The Physics of Air and Sunshine' should: be studied. Poetry and Pipes' is agreeably continued. Mr. Fraser Rae has a readable and erudite paper on ' Sheridan's Sisters.'—' Where the Water runs Both Ways,' by Mr. Frederic Irland, which appears in Scnbner's, is an account of moose shooting in unfre- quented parts of Canada. It is less repulsively bloodthirsty than are most articles of a similar description, and it gives some admirable views from photographs of spots of great natural beauty. Con- sidering the difficulties involved in taking them, we find the photographs very artistic. A large and an interesting instalment of 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson' is given. They are mostly written from his cottage at Saranac, of which a view is given, and are addressed, among others, to Mr. Sidney Colvin, Mr. Henry James, Mr. William Archer, and Mr. Edmund Gosse. Among the sub- jects with which they are concerned is ' The Master of Ballantrae.' Mr. W. C. Brownell writes on 'George Butler's Paintings,' and reproduces some of his pictures, including one of a ' Venetian Girl,' which serves for a frontispiece. Another article which is at once seasonable and excellent is that of Col. J. D. Miley on ' Aguinaldo's Capital.' gntictt tor €onttgo«'bttttt. Wt must call special attention to the following notices :— On all communications must be written the name and 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. 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