The March Number Of Harper's Magazine Is Only An Average
one in point of letterpress, but it is above the average in point of illustra- tions. "Modern Spanish Art," "Canadian Voyageurs on the Sanguenay," "A Gipsy Fair in Surrey," and......
The Best Paper In A Number Of The Gentleman's Magazine
which is somewhat above the average, is Mr. Sidney Lee's bit of careful his- torical investigation into the career of the Admirable Crichton. One wonders after reading it......
The Bassandyne Bible, By W. T. Dobson (blackwood), Was The
first printed Bible in Scotland. It was issued in 1576, being the immediate outcome of the Geneva Bible, and it took its name from the printer, Thomas Bassandyne, though it was......
It Is To Be Feared That The Author Of "bootle's
Baby," like most of her contemporaries, is writing too much, yet there is an element of novelty in her "Princess Sarah" which is running its course in the Leisure Hour. Among......
There Is No Notable Paper In This Month's Quiver, Bat
there is no lack of fiction, or of good advice in the form of abort essays. The colloquial simplicity of "The Old Lady's Leading-Strings " borders however, on vulgarity.......
The Character Of The Argosy Seems To Have Been But
slightly, if at all, affected by the death of its original conductor, Mrs. Henry Wood ; a novel by her still runs in it. There are some very weak short stories in the March......
The Magazines.
THE magazines are good this month. We have already noticed at length Mr. Gladstone's paper on Ireland in the Contemporary, and Mr. Leonard Courtney's essay on "The Swarming of......
Current Literature.
There is an air of dullness this month about the three leading illustrated magazines,—the Magazine of Art, the Art Journal, and the English Illustrated Magazine, due chiefly to......
Good Words For March Is Worth Noticing, If Only For
the sake of the Countess of Aberdeen's "Our Mothers and Girls," which is at once lively and practical. Ladies who are interested in this subject should read it to see what Lady......
Masters Of The Situation, By W. J. Tilley (t. Nelson
and Sons), is a series of essays by an American clergyman on the mental qualities which help to ensure social success, each as individuality, enthusiasm, manners, and the like.......
Curious Creatures : Their Ways And Habits. By Marianne Bell.
(St. Anselm's Society.)—These are some very pleasantly written studies of seals, sea-lions, otters, moles, and other beasts, birds, and fishes, containing much interesting......
Directories, Etc. — Official Year Book Of The Church Of...
item of information relative to dioceses, home and colonial missions, nursing institutions, schools, and the staff, lay and clerical, of the Established Church.—Church Work :......
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