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of difference. The lecture on ' French Poetsy of To-day,' delivered in March last at the Taylonan Institute by M. Emile Verhaeren is printed It deals largely with the work of Verlame, Mallarme, and Baudelaire, as indeed with that of Lamartme and Victor Hugo. Mallarm6 is regarded as a sym- bolist par excellence. Poems of this passionate and sensuous writer, which offer extreme difficulty to the average Englishman, are interpreted. The entire article is thoughtful and suggestive. Mr. H G. Wells in 'Anticipations' deals charac- teristically with forthcoming means of locomotion. -As a frontispiece the Pall Mall has a delightful reproduction of Greuze's picture ' The Dairymaid. Next in order comes a paper by the late Charles Yriarte on Jean Frangois Millet, who is described as 'The Great Peasant Painter.' This gives a deeply interesting account of the struggles of a man whom Fate, fond as she is of savage irony, treated with exceptional cruelty. It supplies a portrait, pictures of his birthplace and residences, and photographs of many of his best-known paint- ings ' The Black City,' by Sir W. B. Richmond,

conceived. 'Skipper,' a story of a horse, has good coloured illustrations. Mr. Lang is at his very best this month in 'At the Sign of the Ship' in Longman's, and discourses most entertainingly on a variety of subjects, chiefly literary. The new book of Mr. Baildon concerning Stevenson receives special attention. Mr. Thomas Cooke-Trench has

Shorter's ' The Dean of Santiago ' is a good Southey- like story, told in spirited verse. ' Joe Thorne s

Vi'let" ' is touching. The most important article in the Gentleman's is Mr. Karl Blind's account of

Sir Francis Barry's New Excavations of Brqchs.' Miss Georgiana Hill tells with spirit the striking story of ' The Queen of Denmark and Col. Keith.' Mr. Charles C. Osborne gives an account of Francis Osborne, a namesake, if not an ancestor, whom Judge Parry has recently edited. Mr. Ellard Gore describes ' Some Recent Advances in Stellar Astro- nomy.' Mr. Harold F. Hills deals with ' The Por- tuguese Claimant at the Court of Elizabeth. Many

sion. We heartily wish success to Sir William in his crusade. Mr. Howard Hensman gives an instructive account of 'The Uganda Railway.

off by a lion. Some startling stories are told. Mr. Lecky's 'Queen Victoria as a Moral Force' has attracted much attention. Mr. Archer's 'Conversation with Mr. Thomas Hardy' has abundant interest. Remi- niscences of Verdi' and 'The Training of our Officers' may also be commended to perusal. Mr. A. E. Housman sends to the Gornhill a very clever and amusing ' Fragment of a Greek Tragedy.'

Lady Broome, who is the possessor of a most are published, attractive style, describes 'Interviews'; and Mr. Alexander Innes Shand gives a readable account of ' Monboddo and the Old Scottish Judges.' Mr. W. J. Fletcher supplies a spirited account of the

Idler remain principally fiction. They include,

however, under the title 'A Dash for the North

Pole,' a highly stimulating account by Capt.

Willman of his sledge journey in Arctic regions.

' Hernande de Soto ' describes the heroic deeds and

adventures of the discoverer of the Mississippi. A

Dssiping and discursive paper entitled ' The

hilosophy of Idling' replaces ' The Idlers' Club.'

NEW editions have been issued by Messrs. Samp- son Low & Co. of Mr. W. T. Lynn's admirable works on ' Celestial Motions,' ' Remarkable Eclipses,' and ' Remarkable Comets,' the value of which is out of all proportion to the low price at which they

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the Great Indian Mutiny,' and deals with the siege I llcallon of Cawnpore. ' Australian Memories,' by Mr. F. G. Aflalo, inspires a warm desire in the reader to visit the spots_described. ' The Gift of the Mahatma,'

piece of

by Mr. Horace Hutchinson, is a striking pii imainative narrative. ' Two Centres of M

e of good faith.

WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate

imaginative narrative. -two centres 01 moorish slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and Art,' which appears in Scr loner's, is by Mr. Edwin suc h address as he wishes to appear. When answer- Lord Weekes. It deals principally with the archi- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous tectural features of Morocco, and is admirably entries in the paper, contributors are requested to illustrated by the author. The most interesting put in parentheses, immediately after the exact spot depicted is Rabat, a place seldom visited by heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to Englishmen, or indeed ^by Europeans. It is im- which they refer. Correspondents who repeat mediately opposite to Sallee, of evil reputation, queries are requested to head the second corn- arid seems, even in these days, to be a not very safe munication " Duplicate." or convenient spot for European travel or residence. More convenient of access is Cordes, which is described with pen and pencil by Mr. Ernest C. Peixotto. A view of it, taken from the foot of the hill or mountain on which it stands, serves as

E. B. ("Plow"). Surely plough, as in Authorized Version of the Bible.

the

frontispiece. 'The Southern Mountaineer' gives

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title ' Nausicaa,' assigned a sketch of American life. Mrs. Gilbert's ' Stage Reminiscences' are con tinued. ' The Marvels of Science ' is ingeniously

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