31 OCTOBER 1885, Page 24

We have received the tenth volume of Cassell's Illustrated History

of England, "New and Revised Edition" (Cassell and Co.).—This carries down the story to the passing of the Franchise Bill (1884), beginning with the death of Lord Mayo, and so including a period of twelve years. A careful and fair history of recent events is always particularly welcome, because the information which it supplies is difficult to get at.