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sciously affected the shade. Some of the sonnets quoted are excellent. Dr. Robinson's article on Every Day Cruelty' is to some extent a defence of the vivisectionist. It shows, which few will deny, that immeasurably more cruelty comes as the result of sport than is produced by scientific research, and its author is of opinion that many domestic animals are treated with great, though not always conscious, cruelty. Over the notion that certain animals are good and others bad he makes merry. The entire article is very thoughtful, ingenious, and interesting. A Lesson from the Chicago,' by Nauticus, gives advice we might well take to heart concerning the importance to the world of a good understanding between England and America. M. Paul Verlaine's Notes on England' show very great observation. Few people, we fancy, knew that the poet was, during some years, usher in a boys' school in England, and has a fine knowledge of English. Mr. Wilde sends Poems in Prose.' Few of his rivals have such power of self-analysis and selfappraisal.-The Nineteenth Century opens with a sonnet by Mr. Swinburne to M. Carnot. Sir William Des Vœux continues, in the same periodical, his removal of popular delusions concerning the tropics. He writes with a practical regard to Australia, and seems to have doubts concerning the future of Queensland. Even with a large supply of immigrants, it seems doubtful, Sir William thinks, whether Australia will be able to compete with some other countries on even lines. Miss J. A. Taylor contributes a very suggestive paper on The Art of Dying.' It is most Montaigne-like in character, but its illustrations are principally modern, or comparatively so-Kneller, Scott, Keats, and the like. Under the heading A Land of Incredible Barbarity,' the Earl of Meath describes not Spain, as might have been expected, but Morocco, where, indeed, things seem to be even worse. Some of the stories told of the

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treatment accorded the Moors take away the breath. Mr. Frederic Harrison wishes us to commemorate the centenary of Edward Gibbon, and declares, eloquently and happily, that "when we yearn for a book, a man, an idea......then, for the tenth or the twentieth time, we take down The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,' and we have one of the greatest dramas of human civilization, rehearsed with the ordered imagination of a poet and the monumental form of a consummate master of language."-Mr. Bernard Shaw, in the New Review, goes for" the so-called dramatic critics who persisted in taking his Arms and the Man as extravaganza. For so versatile and able a man not to see that his defence lays him open to tenfold more vigorous attacks shows how sad are the results of taking oneself seriously. It is no defence for an unconvincing novelist to say that the story he tells is true; nor is it more wise when a whole drama conveys the idea of sauciness to say that each separate item is the result of close observation of realities. Mr. Shaw and his critics amuse one another. In so doing they amuse society. Surely "things are for the best in the best of possible worlds." "The Real

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Madame Sans-Gêne? deals less with the famous Duchess de Dantzig than with another female so christened, who was famous as a warrior. 'Secrets from the Court of Spain' is continued.-Mr. F. Marion Crawford depicts, in the Century, Coasting by Sorrento and Amalfi,' while the high road to Sorrento is tracked by Mr. Adams. The illustrations, which are quite excellent, are by Mr. Harry Fenn. Mr. Jerrold Kelley supplies, in 'Superstitions from the Sea,' matter of interest to our readers. An essay on Schubert is by Antonin Dvorak. Jacob Van Ruisdael is dealt with under 'Old Dutch Masters.' 'Painting at the Fair' repays attention.-Some admirable pictures by pen and pencil of The North Shore of Massachusetts' appear in Scribner's, and include

pictures of some very home-like scenes. 'Among the Tarahumaris' describes a remarkable and interesting tribe of American cave-dwellers. Some scenery of marvellous grandeur is also depicted. Portraits of François Flamang accompany an account by Mr. P. G. Hamerton. One of them, by Mr. John S. Sargent, exhibits a gentleman of very tragic appearance. A second, from a portrait, reveals a pleasant, good-natured looking gentleman. 'Beasts of Burden' is also good.-Some Recollections of Yesterday,' in Temple Bar, are obviously from some member of the Bentley family, and supply much matter of high interest concerning Dickens, Frances Anne Kemble, and other celebrities. A Chat with Mrs. Lynn Linton' shows that clever lady at her best. 'Dante and Tennyson' is a subject familiar enough to our readers.-Macmillan's gives a capital account of Madame Du Deffand, writes the history of the 'Founders of the Bank of England,' and has an interesting account of 'Scholar-Gipsies.'-The Gentleman's supplies a Gascon Tragedy,' largely drawn from Froissart. Mr. Schütz Wilson writes on The Women of Fiction,' and Mr. Leonard on The Dog in English Poetry.'-The English Illustrated has a pretty frontispiece of 'Glycera'; a characteristic article, by Mr. Phil Robinson, on The Zoo Revisited'; a capitally illustrated Humours of the Duchy'; and a paper on Conversation in Society,' by Lady Jeune, illustrated by Mr. Phil May.-We do not care for articles on the chase, but 'Polar Bear Shooting,' by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, which appears in Longman's, is of more than average merit. A second article of a similar character is also given.-' With R. L. Stevenson in Samoa' attracts attention in the Cornhill. Gleams of Memory, with some Recollections,' by Mr. James Payn, contains some very pleasant gossip, and drifts, characteristically enough, on to whist.

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