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 Rh for a reorganized and reformed House of Lords as a necessary upper chamber of Parliament. The paper views the Lords from the contemporary stand point of their present influence on English politics.

One of the most impressive short stories that Thomas Nelson Page has written is " The Burial of the Guns " in the April number of Scribner's Magazine. It is a dramatic episode of the very end of the Rebellion. This issue contains install ments of George W. Cable's serial, " John March, Southerner," and " A Pound of Cure," by William Henry Bishop. A group of clever artists is described by Arsene Alexandre in " French Caricature of To day." He is the author of a recent French work on Caricature, and is, by acquaintance and study, partic ularly well-fitted to write of these bright men who satirize the follies of the hour. The illustrations represent some of the striking work of Caran d'Ache, Forain, Cheret. Steinlen. and others.

The April Atlantic is decidedly "Warlike" in tone. Besides Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's story, " The Oath of Allegiance," Mr. Eben Greenough Scott contributes a historical paper, "General Lee during the Campaign of the Seven Days," and there is a paper on " Wars Use of the Engines of Peace" — railroads, electricity, and inflammable oils — by General Joseph L. Brent, of the Confeder ate army. Mr. Richard Burton's article on " Nature in Old English Poetry," and Mrs. Olive Thome Miller's •• Secret of the Wild Rose Path," are both delightful. A very clever horse stands for his portrait in Mrs. Elisabeth Cavazza's "Jerry: a Per sonality," and Miss Repplier contributes a character istic little paper on " Opinions." Mrs. Catherwood's strange story of " The Windigo," and the continua tion of Mrs. Deland's " Philip and his Wife," give strength to the fiction of a strong number.

The singular good fortune has fallen to the lot of The Cosmopolition Magazine of presenting one of the most remarkable pieces of fiction ever written — remarkable because of its author and remarkable because it has remained unsuspected and undiscovered for more than a hundred years, only to be given to the world at last in an American magazine. This is a Corsican story, published in the April number, written by a no less distinguished person than Napoleon Bonaparte. There appears to be no doubt of its genuineness, and it is certainly a most iuckv " find " for the magazine.

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JUST now Americans are intensely interested in evervthing pejttaining to the recent movements in British politics, and particularly in whatever relates to Mr. Gladstone's resignation. No one is better fitted to treat of this and related topics than Mr. W. T. Stead, who contributes to the April number of the Review of Reviews a most brilliant tripartite character sketch of Gladstone, Rosebery, and Harcourt, the Liberal leaders. Any one who wishes to become informed on the distinguishing traits of Liberal leadership as brought out in the careers of these three men will be immensely helped by reading Mr. Stead's articles. The whole past, present, and future of British Liberalism passes under review. The analysis of character and policy is keen and skillful in the highest degree.

BOOK NOTICES.

A Short Account of the Land Rf,venue and its Administration in British India; with a Sketch of the Land Tenures. By H. BadenPowei.l, C.I.E., F.R.S.E., M.R.A.S., Late of the Bengal Civil Service, and one of the Judges of the Chief Court of the Punjab. With Map. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1894. Cloth. S1.50. In this work the author attempts, and very suc cessfully, to describe the Land Revenue Administration of British India and the forms of land-holding on which that administration is based, in the compass of one small volume. While designed especially to answer the purposes of the ordinary student of Indian affairs and to give sufficient practical information to serve as a text-book for Forest Officers and others outside the Land Revenue Department, it contains much to interest American readers, particularly those of the legal profession. The chapters on Land Ten ures, which deal largely with the rights of landlord and tenant, are well worthy a careful reading, while the account of "The Revenue Administration and Public Business connected with Land Management" opens up a subject of more than ordinary interest. The book should be in every law library for purposes of reference. Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. By R. A. Witthaus, A.M., M.D., and Tracy C. Becker, A.B., LL.B. Vol. I. William Wood & Co., New York, 1894. Lawsheep. S6.oo a volume. This is the first volume (the publication will con