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inspiring confidence has obviously been made. Miss Brereton is able to speak with authority on the subject with which she deals. Mr. H. W. Brewer has a well-illustrated paper on ' The Tower.' ' Sarah Siddons's Tryst' is ascribed to Clara Morris. Having regard to the subject, we are disposed to question if the author is the famous American actress. If so, the fact might as well have been stated. The illustration to ' The Dead Bird' seems to be a view of Scarborough. ' Recollections of the Royal Academy,' by Mr. G. A. Storey, A.R.A., are followed by some original studies by Sir E. J. Poynter, P.R.A. Mrs. Gallup combats all comers in favour of her biliteral cipher. In the Gornhill No. XVI. of 'A Londoner's Log-Book' is most amusingly continued. It will be a subject of regret when these papers are at an end. Mr. Alex- ander Innes Shand gives a spirited account of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain. Writing of ' Literary Forgeries,' Mr. Charles Whibley de- picts the career of George Psalmanazar, William Ireland, and Vrain Lucas. The account of the last, who is now quite forgotten, is a strange romance. Mr. Stephen Gwynn has an essay, at once thoughtful and entertaining, on ' A Century of Irish Humour.' A curious paper that may be read with much plea- sure is that on ' The Language of Schoolboys,' by Mr. Nowell Smith. Mr. S. G. Tallentyre follows up other notes 'on French subjects by ' The English Friends of Marie Antoinette.' The English Illus- trated opens with an account of ' Famous Foreign Coronations,' which comprises, among others, those of Charlemagne, Frederick I. of Prussia, and the first Napoleon. An account of Victor Hugo has many portraits and other illustrations. Mrs. Steuart Erskine's account of ' Mrs. Watts's Terra- Cotta Industry' has a sketch of Mr. G. F. Watts in a garden. To Longman's Mr. Fred Whishaw sends the first part of ' In a Devonshire Garden.' In this, while learning much about potato growing, we scrape acquaintance with many interesting specimens of bird and animal life. It constitutes delightful reading. ' La Grande Mademoiselle ' of Miss Eveline C, Godley is very spirited. Mr. Lang in ' At the Sign of the Ship ' has a harrow- ing paragraph to the effect that there is a possi- bility that the famous Casket Letters, though now destroyed, were in existence only twelve years ago. The Rev. Dr. Smythe Palmer has in the Gentle- man's a brilliant paper on ' The Aspen Tongue,' by which he indicates the tongue of women. Gerarde in ' The Herball ' justifies the use of the phrase, and Sir Thomas More says of women that " those aspen leaves of theirs would never leave wagging." The paper is short, but has high literary flavour. Mr. W. Bradbrook has a contribution on ' Watling Street in Bucks,' and Mr. Ransom one on ' Village Chronicles.' A large portion of the contents of Scribner's consists of fiction, either brief story or serial. The remainder of the number aims at being spring-like. Among the more serious portions are a conclusion of President Gilman's 'Pleasant Incidents of an Academic Life' and an essay by Senator Cabot Lodge, entitled ' Some Impressions of Russia.' Mr. Lodge finds that the territory which Russia adds to herself is an encumbrance, and will remain so until her people learn to deve- lope personal energy and industrial force. While she remains as she is better organized nations have nothing to fear from her trade competition. The illustrations to the entire number have great interest.

'DURHAM ACCOUNT ROLLS.' CANON FOWLER writes : " In the very kind review of ' Durham Account Rolls,' ante, p. 338, the reviewer is mis- taken in saying ' his edition of the Latin life of St. Cuthbert,' for there are several Latin lives of that saint, and I have not edited any of them."

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