"Hamlet and Don Quixote,' translated from Ivan Tour. Hamerton, an engraving of The Poet with the Man. génieff. It furnishes curious proof how representative is dolin' serving as frontispiece to the number, Lowell's the character of Hamlet that men are induced to compare Letters to Poe' bave permanent interest, M. Octave or contrast it with nearly everything. Miss Barney gives Uzanne expounds his quaint and original views as to a not very pleasing picture of The American Sports- The End of Books.' — The English Illustrated reprowoman.' Dealing with the question of Where to spend a duces a pleasing picture of the Queen at the age of Holiday,' Lady Jeune recommends Berks, Mr. Arthur three. The Apron of Flowers,' after Herrick, is a very Symong the Quartier Latin, Paris, and the Rev. J. taking illustration. Mr. Lionel Cust has a capital article Verschoyle, Achill and Erris. We have not the slightest on Grinling Gibbons. The entire contents are excellent. objection, but would also suggest Tenby, Moscow, the -Thomas Hughes comes forward from his solitude to Norch Cape, and Brook Green. 'A Visit to Corea' has speak, in Macmillan's, in favour of hero worship, and to more than temporary interest. Mr. Cobden-Sanderson tell Rugby boys concerning William Cotton Oswell. In writes on · Bookbinding,' a subject on which he is entitled begioning an article, to be continued, on The Historical to speak. ---An excellent number of the Nineteenth cen. Novel,' Mr. Saintsbury speaks humorously of Xenophon tury has a remarkable variety of contents. Behind the as the author of the first. An account, anonymous, of Scenes of Nature,' by Mr. Sinnett, which deals with the Mr. Secretary Thurloe is given, and there is a paper, astral plain, requires a kind of kuowledge to wbich we put not, perhaps, very remarkable, on "The Unconscious in no pretension, and is to us simply unintelligible. It is Humourist.'--A very strange and eventful life is that interesting to learn that the coming century will pro- described in Temple Bar under the title • A West-End bably know all about it. In connexion with this subject | Physician.' The last fight in armour was fought, it it is edifying to read the assertion of Mr. Le Gallienne, seems, 80 late as 1799. An estimate of William Collins in bis Death and Two Friends,' that if some one, Mr. appears. •Records of an All-round Man'supplies much Edison or other, were to be the Columbus of the Unseen, pleasant_gossip concerning Sir Richard Owen and his “it would soon be as overrun with gaping tourists as circle.-Dr. McPherson describes, in the Gentleman's, Switzerland, and within a year railway [?] companies Cloud, Fog, and Haze.' Mrs. Laura Alex. Smith gives would be advertising 'Bank holidays in Eternity. :: Dr. some interesting English harvest songs.---Lady Verney W. H. Russell's A Part of a Ghost' tells a good ghost describes, in Longman's, from the Verney NSS., story, for the truth of which the writer may or may not be Physician of the Seventeenth Century,' who proves to understood to be pledged. In the Tarumengian Woods' be Dr. William Denton, Mr. Lang entertains his readers deals with the Jesuits in Paraguay. Mr. Whibley derides once more · At the Sign of the Ship.' The general conwhat he calls · The Farce of University Extension.' Dr. tents are excellent.- Mr. Payn's reminiscences, supplied Hugh Percy Dunn answers encouragingly in the negative to the Cornhill, remain most pleasant reading. the question, 'Is our Race Deteriorating?' Mr. W. PART XI. of Cassell's Gazetteer includes Cheddington Roberts writes on the prices obtained for some modern to Clifton, and has a map of portions of South Wales.pictures. Mr. Swinburne translates the recently dis- Part XLII. of the Storehouse of General Information covered Delphic ‘Hymn to Apollo.' In his paper on carries the alpbabet to “Seasons," and includes a bio* The Present Position of Egyptology,' Prof. Mabaffy graphy of Sir Walter Scott. urges the necessity of a further study of Coptic.- To the New Review Mr. W. S. Lilly sends In Praise of Hang duces two plates from Mr. Walter Hamilton's work on The Journal of the Ex-Libris Society for August reproing,' a protest against modern humanitarianism as Dated Book-plates,' gives some designs, plain and regards criminals. Mr. Hall Caine is disposed to assign coloured, by John Forbes Nixon, and an article by Mr. great importance to The Novelist in Shakespeare.' William' Bolton on Early Entries referring to Book His words, first spoken at a Shakspeare birthday dinner, are ingenious and fervid, but do not always carry con Ownership.' viction. Mr. Atherley Jones deals at some length on MR. 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