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Sidney Lee's * Shakespeare in Oral Tradition,' which constitutes a valuable addition to his monumental life of Shakespeare. In their anxiety to preserve a balance between Shakespeare's moral rectitude and his literary and dramatic supremacy, Shake- spearean biographers have regarded as things not to be mentioned the rumours which among the unregenerate find readiest acceptance the report that he killed the king's deer, or the record of the practical jokes he played upon his con- temporaries. Almost for the first time Mr. Lee mentions without a shudder Shakespeare's reputed paternity towards D'Avenant, and shows the things that tell to some extent in its favour. If we study closely the epoch, we shall wonder, Mr. Lee holds, "not why we know so little, but why we know so much." Lady Paget supplies some deeply interesting information concerning ' The Empress Frederick in Youth.' A curious article is that of Miss Hannah Lynch on ' The Young French Girl Interviewed.' Unfortunately, the utterances of these ingenues cannot be implicitly trusted. ' Art and Eccentricity,' by Mr. Herbert Paul, deals with modern Tyrtseusea, which is not precisely what we expected from its title. ' Metternich and Princess Lieven ' is a long paper derived from Metternich's autobiographical memoirs. To the Pall Mall Mr. Frederick Wedmore sends an interesting contribution on ' The Great Queen's Monument,' with illustrations no less pleasantly suggestive by Mr. Hedley Fitton. Following this comes a capital reproduction of the pleasing por- trait of Marie Antoinette by Madame Vigee Lebrun, a coloured reproduction of which serves for the cover. Sir Harry Johnston writes on ' The Pygmies and Ape-like Men of the Uganda Border- land,' and Mr. Archer on ' Paolo and Francesca,' Both letterpress and illustrations are of high in- terest. ' A Great Cavalry Leader ' gives a record of the career of Major-General Sir John French, on whom all eyes are now fixed. It is accompanied by a portrait. 'Brighton Revisited and a Contrast' has a certain amount of interest. It is, some may be glad to know, a eulogy of a place with few defenders. What is the place chosen as a contrast we know not. Mr. George Stronach defends the Baconian origin of Shakespeare's plays, gives a his- tory of the growth of the delusion, and marshals together what facts seem to him to support it. Major Hoenig deals with the question 'Is an Invasion of England Possible?' Mr. Max Beerbohm supplies some further reproductions of his wonderful caricatures. Very interesting in the CornMl is a lady's account of ' Browning in Venice,' which is ushered in by a prefatory note by Mr. Henrv James. Mr. J. B. Atlay tells afresh the story ot Governor Eyre and Jamaica. Mr. Godley is amusing in describing ' The Consolation of Medio- crity, and Mr. Stephen Gwynn thoughtful in dealing with ' The Luxury of Doing Good.' Prof SS? ch i ng has an interesting and valuable article on

The Sonnets of Shakespeare.' ' A Londoner's Log- Book is capitally continued. ' La Doctoresse malgr< BJle gives a graphic account of the con- dl U ons 5? P easant lif e in the district of the Cevennes Mrs. Creighton's ' Reminiscences of J. R. Green' m Longman's we both readable and valuable

Parson and Parishioner in the Eighteenth Cen- tury, by Mr. W. H. Legge, has archaeological interest. A Friend of Nelson' is continued. Mr. Lang deals with customary outspokenness with the Bacon ciphers, and is, after his wont, both

witty and wise. In the Gentleman's are articles on ' Shakespeare as History,' ' Scent in Dogs,' ' The Scot Abroad,' and 'On Senlac Hill.' Mr. Percy Fitzgerald sends what he calls some 'Bozzyana.' ' Washington, a City of Pictures,' by Francis E. Leupp, with illustrations by Jules Guerin, in Scribner's, is interesting and instructive. Its title would perhaps be more explanatory if it were ' A City of Sites and Vistas,' since it consists of designs of edifices and avenues, and not, as we expected, of paintings. Some of the views are very effective : not less so are those of the proposed Isthmian Ship-Canal. ' Paul Troubetzkoy, Sculptor,' intro- duces to us an artist concerning whom little is known in this country, except to the esoteric. Among the illustrations is one of the sculptor at work on a bust of Count Tolstoy. Other contents which may be read with pleasure or advantage are ' The American "Commercial Invasion " of Europe' and ' In Oklahoma.'

MR. BERTRAM DOBELL'S catalogues, issued from Charing Cross Road, are well known to book-lovers. That now issued is the hundredth, and is inferior in interest to none of its predecessors. With it Mr. Dobell issues a literary supplement, dealing with the gallant fight he is making against the Westminster City Council in the matter of book- stalls. We have not space to deal with the sub- ject, but we shall bitterly deplore the removal of the bookstalls from a road in which they are the least possible of an obstruction. It needs a Charles Lamb to express in proper terms the resentment the book-lover feels against the Council's high- handed and superfluous action.

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