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REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Keview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . G .
THE MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH . READERS of Blackwood must remember the very pleasant series of papers which appeared some months since in its columns , entitled " The Abode of Snow . " This month the opening article is from the same pen , and describes with equal success " A Run through Kathiawav—the Scythian Kathis . " There is no class of con . tribntion moro likely to bo appreciated than those which give us an
idea of comparatively littlo known countries and peoples , and the account of this run through Kathiawar will , or at least deserves to , attract a multitude of readers . " Tho Friend of the Hero" is tho title of a well-told story , and then we come to Part V . of " A Woman-Hater , " displaying still those excellences we havo already noted . A most admirable parallel is that in which " The Two Chancellors , Prince Gortschakoff and Prince Bismarck" are portrayed . All tho
salient characteristics of these two eminent statesmen are most carefully , and , we may add , most truthfully delineated . The writer has evidently made them a study , and being a true master of the pen , is able to bring homo to us with no little success the impressions he has formed . Among the other articles , we have noticed a very pleasing description of " Country Life . " and a very elaborate sketch of " The Mobilization of the Army and National Defence , " based on all the latest experiences at home and abroad .
At its very first appearance the New Quarterly took a foremost place in periodical literature , and now that it is entering on the fourth year of its existence , we may renew our congratulations on the eminently high tone and character which mark all its contents . Let ns take , for instance , Mr . O'Connor Morris ' s paper on the "Military Lessons of the War of 1870 , " which is so ably written that even
nonmilitary readers will probably be the first to recognize its merits . Then the essay of Mr . Mortimer Collins on " Aristophanes" is a masterpiece of its kind . We . have seldom read any clearer or more truthfnl estimate of the great comedian ' s character . Mr . Collins has entered fully into the spirit of his comedy , and has snecceeded most admirably , wherever he gives the English equivalent of any passage ,
in imparting no little of that same spirit to his own version . It is certainly a most successful performance . The title of Mr . Percy Fitzgerald's article , " The World behind the Scenes , " and the writer's known " proclivities "—tousean American word—are a sufficient index to the nature of its contents . The article is well worth reading . Mr . S . Sidney , as the author of the " Book of the Horse , " is likely to prove
an authority on " Four-in-Hand Driving as a Fine Art , " At all events , those who take an interest in the doings of the four-in-hand and coaching clnbs , and in the revived taste for travelling by coach , will find much to interest them in Mr . Sidney ' s remarks . The editor ' s self-imposed duty of reviewing "Current Literature and Current
Criticism" is admirably fulfilled . A number of this Neiv Quarterly without the most instructive cri tiqne would be shorn of its principal attractions . " Hester , " by Beatrice May Bnlt , and " Professor Hoffmann ' s ' Folly , '" by Mr . John Dangerfiold , aro excellent specimens of the fiction which generally grace the pages of this magazine .
Were the illustrations of equal merit with the literary contents of Belgravia , we should havo nothing but praise to bestow upon it . But while the fiction , the occasional papers , and the poetry are of a high standard , the pictorial portion of the contents are certainly not to be commended . We have said the literary matter is admirable . In support of this statement we need but call attention to
the serial stories of Mrs . Lovett Cameron , Mrs . E . Lynn Linton and Miss Braddon , in the way of fiction . Mr . Charles Reade is a very popular writer , and " Reality , " being No . VI . of his " Good Stories of Man and other Animals , " is a capital specimen of his style . Mr . Sala , too , is one of onr best contributors to magazine literature . If
any doubt this , let them read his " Bean Feidling and the Old Bailey , " and we think their doubts will be set at rest . " Tasbrook's Testimonial , " by Mr . James Payn , is amusing if nothing else . In the way of poetry we havo "Echoes , " " Cnpid's Alley , " by Austin Dobson , and a spirited set of verses by W . E . W . entitled " Black Rupert ' s Leap . "
Temple Bar is always welcome , and seldom more than it ia this month . Fiction is represented by Anthony Trollope's story of " The American Senator , " and Mr . Dnbourg's " An Old Man ' s Darling . " Tho latter is likely to prove veiy interesting ; of the former ' s merits we have already spoken . The paper " On Certain Delusions of tho North Britons" is one of the best in the programme . A sketch of
" Philip , Second Earl of Chesterfield , " is skilfully drawn . Mr . A . de Fonblanque contributes a short story with tho very nnenphonious title of " A Rat . " But the reader must not be led astray by the ugliness of the name , or he will miss a well-written tale . "Heine on Cervantes and the Don Quixote , " Lady Pollock's "The Best of onr Time , " and " An Egyptian Martyr , " are the most noticeable ol tho other contributions .
In Baily we have read with pleasure a short sketch of " the late Mr . Felix , " one of the first cricketers of his day "; a description of "the Old Fashioned First of September , " apparently from the same pen ; an article on " American Trotters , " tho " Yachting and Rowing of last month
" summary ; " Our Van , " and a further chapter of ' Frank Raleigh of Watcrcombc , " in which Frank takes farewell of Oxford , and prepares to join a cavalry regiment . As to the general character of the number , it is enough if we say that it is quite up to the high standard of this magazine .
The Leisure Hour is another of those periodicals whose appearance wo always look forward to with much pleasure . The contents this month ore of the usual order of excellence . The series of papers
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in which are described " The Border Lands of Islam , " " Ronmania " being the subject of the present essay , is continued . Dr . Edkins con . tributes an interesting article on " Early Civilisation , " in which he gives us an insight into " the Antiquity of the Chinese , " and Principal Dawson one equally interesting on " American Myths , as related to
Primitive Ideas of Religion . " There are a few notes on " the Exploration of Palestine , " and a well written description of " The New Forest , its Scenery and Inhabitants , " as well as of " The Royal Military
Academy , Woolwich . " In addition to these and other contributions are the nsnal " Natural History Anecdotes , " " Antiquarian Gossip on the Months , " and "Weather Proverbs . " From these last we quote the following , which all relate to the present month :
" A good October and a good blast . To blow the hog acorn and mast . " " Many haws , Many snaws . Many sloes , Many cold toes . "
" Many . hips and haws , Many frosts and snaws . " " If the oak bears mast ( acoms ) it foreshows a long and hard winter . " Among the contents of the Sunday at Home , we commend specially
to the notice of our readers Dr . Stoughton ' s paper in continuation of his series on " Westminster Abbey , " No . X . of " Welsh Preaching and Welsh Preachers , " Mr . W . H . G . Kingston ' s sketch of " Angus Sanderson , the Orkney Blacksmith , " and the article on " Sir George Harvey , late President of the Royal Scottish Academy . " In both these periodicals the illustrations are highly satisfactory .
There are few more useful or entertaining magazines than Cassell's Family Magazine . It is invariably well furnished with serial fiction , and the two now current , namely , " Caught in the Briars , " and " A Hard Case , " are worthy successors to the " Manchester Man , " and others of the same class . But , as . . we Jhave said
before , it is the practical papers which form its chief recommendation . These include , in the present number , " Some Simple Directions for the Prevention of Sickness , " " On the Art of Making Home . life Happy , " " Washing at Home , " " Gardening in October , " " Chit-chat on Dress , " " Local Dishes , " by Phillis Browne , and last , but certainly
not least in point of merit , Mr . A . G . Payne's very sensible directions for making salads . In the way of descriptive writing , A Lady from India instructs ns " How a Ladv passes her Day in
India . " There is likewise a most interesting paper by Dr . Andrew Wilson , in which he affords the reader " A Peep at the Jeliy-Fish . " The Gatherer ' s Notes , as usual , include many useful hints for the family .
We have also received Part I . of the new issue of Cassell ' s Popular Educator . No one who has read even a part only of one of tho former editions will bo surprised that a further issue should have been demanded . We are told , indeed , and with our experience of the merits of the work , we receive the information without the
slightest feeling of astonishment , that upwards of 800 , 000 copies of it havo been sold in the twenty years since its first publication . The principal branches of knowledge to which the Educator is devoted are , History , Science and Languages , and the information collected in each branch is most ample . The aim of the work is to enable
people to educate themselves , and in evidence as to how this may be done , we quote somo of the contents of No . I . There are , firstly , lessons in French , English , Geography , and Drawing , in Penmanship , Arithmetic , Latin , Mechanics , Botany , German , Music , Geometry , and Reading and Elocution . There are two historical sketches , one
of " Magna Charta" and the other of " The Murder of Thomas a Beckett , " and two papers entitled " Our Holiday , " the first being a description of the game of La Crosse , the other being No . 1 of directions for a course of gymnastic training . This programme speaks more eloquently for the value of this admirable publication than would any words of ours .
Part II . of the new serial publication , T 7 ie Countries ef ihe World , confirms our judgment as based on Part I . The scenes described are all in the Arctic regions . The letter-press is admirably compiled , and the illustrations , which are very numerous , are well done , and will serve to convey a very excellent idea of the scenery in the inhospitable north .
A prospectus of the Royal Polytechnic College , 309 Regent-street , under the presidency of the Right Hon . the Earl of Shaftesbury , has just been issued for the autumn session , which commenced Monday , 9 fch October . There
are classes in seven languages , ancient and modern , and eighteen others in Science and Art in connection with the Science and Art Department , South Kensington , and the Society of Arts .
HOLIOWATT s Pin . —PBBVBNTIBKR DISEASKS . —Many are the maladies which at all seasons anil in all districts silently work their way into the human system through miasma , noxious vapours and deteriorated air , which could bo disposed of by a few doses of these admirable Pills . The vitiated gases enter tho luugs as we breathe , and contaminate the blood , which will convey tho poisonous particles throughout tho body , unlssa somo purifier , such aa these Pills , betaken to cleanse it . Let the poison lurK where it will—thither will ib be followed and confronted by this never tailing antidote . Holloway ' s Pills expel all harmful matters from the circulation , and oleanae the solids UfeewUo from all treacherous impurities teacLaj to n . oduce disease ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Keview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . G .
THE MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH . READERS of Blackwood must remember the very pleasant series of papers which appeared some months since in its columns , entitled " The Abode of Snow . " This month the opening article is from the same pen , and describes with equal success " A Run through Kathiawav—the Scythian Kathis . " There is no class of con . tribntion moro likely to bo appreciated than those which give us an
idea of comparatively littlo known countries and peoples , and the account of this run through Kathiawar will , or at least deserves to , attract a multitude of readers . " Tho Friend of the Hero" is tho title of a well-told story , and then we come to Part V . of " A Woman-Hater , " displaying still those excellences we havo already noted . A most admirable parallel is that in which " The Two Chancellors , Prince Gortschakoff and Prince Bismarck" are portrayed . All tho
salient characteristics of these two eminent statesmen are most carefully , and , we may add , most truthfully delineated . The writer has evidently made them a study , and being a true master of the pen , is able to bring homo to us with no little success the impressions he has formed . Among the other articles , we have noticed a very pleasing description of " Country Life . " and a very elaborate sketch of " The Mobilization of the Army and National Defence , " based on all the latest experiences at home and abroad .
At its very first appearance the New Quarterly took a foremost place in periodical literature , and now that it is entering on the fourth year of its existence , we may renew our congratulations on the eminently high tone and character which mark all its contents . Let ns take , for instance , Mr . O'Connor Morris ' s paper on the "Military Lessons of the War of 1870 , " which is so ably written that even
nonmilitary readers will probably be the first to recognize its merits . Then the essay of Mr . Mortimer Collins on " Aristophanes" is a masterpiece of its kind . We . have seldom read any clearer or more truthfnl estimate of the great comedian ' s character . Mr . Collins has entered fully into the spirit of his comedy , and has snecceeded most admirably , wherever he gives the English equivalent of any passage ,
in imparting no little of that same spirit to his own version . It is certainly a most successful performance . The title of Mr . Percy Fitzgerald's article , " The World behind the Scenes , " and the writer's known " proclivities "—tousean American word—are a sufficient index to the nature of its contents . The article is well worth reading . Mr . S . Sidney , as the author of the " Book of the Horse , " is likely to prove
an authority on " Four-in-Hand Driving as a Fine Art , " At all events , those who take an interest in the doings of the four-in-hand and coaching clnbs , and in the revived taste for travelling by coach , will find much to interest them in Mr . Sidney ' s remarks . The editor ' s self-imposed duty of reviewing "Current Literature and Current
Criticism" is admirably fulfilled . A number of this Neiv Quarterly without the most instructive cri tiqne would be shorn of its principal attractions . " Hester , " by Beatrice May Bnlt , and " Professor Hoffmann ' s ' Folly , '" by Mr . John Dangerfiold , aro excellent specimens of the fiction which generally grace the pages of this magazine .
Were the illustrations of equal merit with the literary contents of Belgravia , we should havo nothing but praise to bestow upon it . But while the fiction , the occasional papers , and the poetry are of a high standard , the pictorial portion of the contents are certainly not to be commended . We have said the literary matter is admirable . In support of this statement we need but call attention to
the serial stories of Mrs . Lovett Cameron , Mrs . E . Lynn Linton and Miss Braddon , in the way of fiction . Mr . Charles Reade is a very popular writer , and " Reality , " being No . VI . of his " Good Stories of Man and other Animals , " is a capital specimen of his style . Mr . Sala , too , is one of onr best contributors to magazine literature . If
any doubt this , let them read his " Bean Feidling and the Old Bailey , " and we think their doubts will be set at rest . " Tasbrook's Testimonial , " by Mr . James Payn , is amusing if nothing else . In the way of poetry we havo "Echoes , " " Cnpid's Alley , " by Austin Dobson , and a spirited set of verses by W . E . W . entitled " Black Rupert ' s Leap . "
Temple Bar is always welcome , and seldom more than it ia this month . Fiction is represented by Anthony Trollope's story of " The American Senator , " and Mr . Dnbourg's " An Old Man ' s Darling . " Tho latter is likely to prove veiy interesting ; of the former ' s merits we have already spoken . The paper " On Certain Delusions of tho North Britons" is one of the best in the programme . A sketch of
" Philip , Second Earl of Chesterfield , " is skilfully drawn . Mr . A . de Fonblanque contributes a short story with tho very nnenphonious title of " A Rat . " But the reader must not be led astray by the ugliness of the name , or he will miss a well-written tale . "Heine on Cervantes and the Don Quixote , " Lady Pollock's "The Best of onr Time , " and " An Egyptian Martyr , " are the most noticeable ol tho other contributions .
In Baily we have read with pleasure a short sketch of " the late Mr . Felix , " one of the first cricketers of his day "; a description of "the Old Fashioned First of September , " apparently from the same pen ; an article on " American Trotters , " tho " Yachting and Rowing of last month
" summary ; " Our Van , " and a further chapter of ' Frank Raleigh of Watcrcombc , " in which Frank takes farewell of Oxford , and prepares to join a cavalry regiment . As to the general character of the number , it is enough if we say that it is quite up to the high standard of this magazine .
The Leisure Hour is another of those periodicals whose appearance wo always look forward to with much pleasure . The contents this month ore of the usual order of excellence . The series of papers
Reviews.
in which are described " The Border Lands of Islam , " " Ronmania " being the subject of the present essay , is continued . Dr . Edkins con . tributes an interesting article on " Early Civilisation , " in which he gives us an insight into " the Antiquity of the Chinese , " and Principal Dawson one equally interesting on " American Myths , as related to
Primitive Ideas of Religion . " There are a few notes on " the Exploration of Palestine , " and a well written description of " The New Forest , its Scenery and Inhabitants , " as well as of " The Royal Military
Academy , Woolwich . " In addition to these and other contributions are the nsnal " Natural History Anecdotes , " " Antiquarian Gossip on the Months , " and "Weather Proverbs . " From these last we quote the following , which all relate to the present month :
" A good October and a good blast . To blow the hog acorn and mast . " " Many haws , Many snaws . Many sloes , Many cold toes . "
" Many . hips and haws , Many frosts and snaws . " " If the oak bears mast ( acoms ) it foreshows a long and hard winter . " Among the contents of the Sunday at Home , we commend specially
to the notice of our readers Dr . Stoughton ' s paper in continuation of his series on " Westminster Abbey , " No . X . of " Welsh Preaching and Welsh Preachers , " Mr . W . H . G . Kingston ' s sketch of " Angus Sanderson , the Orkney Blacksmith , " and the article on " Sir George Harvey , late President of the Royal Scottish Academy . " In both these periodicals the illustrations are highly satisfactory .
There are few more useful or entertaining magazines than Cassell's Family Magazine . It is invariably well furnished with serial fiction , and the two now current , namely , " Caught in the Briars , " and " A Hard Case , " are worthy successors to the " Manchester Man , " and others of the same class . But , as . . we Jhave said
before , it is the practical papers which form its chief recommendation . These include , in the present number , " Some Simple Directions for the Prevention of Sickness , " " On the Art of Making Home . life Happy , " " Washing at Home , " " Gardening in October , " " Chit-chat on Dress , " " Local Dishes , " by Phillis Browne , and last , but certainly
not least in point of merit , Mr . A . G . Payne's very sensible directions for making salads . In the way of descriptive writing , A Lady from India instructs ns " How a Ladv passes her Day in
India . " There is likewise a most interesting paper by Dr . Andrew Wilson , in which he affords the reader " A Peep at the Jeliy-Fish . " The Gatherer ' s Notes , as usual , include many useful hints for the family .
We have also received Part I . of the new issue of Cassell ' s Popular Educator . No one who has read even a part only of one of tho former editions will bo surprised that a further issue should have been demanded . We are told , indeed , and with our experience of the merits of the work , we receive the information without the
slightest feeling of astonishment , that upwards of 800 , 000 copies of it havo been sold in the twenty years since its first publication . The principal branches of knowledge to which the Educator is devoted are , History , Science and Languages , and the information collected in each branch is most ample . The aim of the work is to enable
people to educate themselves , and in evidence as to how this may be done , we quote somo of the contents of No . I . There are , firstly , lessons in French , English , Geography , and Drawing , in Penmanship , Arithmetic , Latin , Mechanics , Botany , German , Music , Geometry , and Reading and Elocution . There are two historical sketches , one
of " Magna Charta" and the other of " The Murder of Thomas a Beckett , " and two papers entitled " Our Holiday , " the first being a description of the game of La Crosse , the other being No . 1 of directions for a course of gymnastic training . This programme speaks more eloquently for the value of this admirable publication than would any words of ours .
Part II . of the new serial publication , T 7 ie Countries ef ihe World , confirms our judgment as based on Part I . The scenes described are all in the Arctic regions . The letter-press is admirably compiled , and the illustrations , which are very numerous , are well done , and will serve to convey a very excellent idea of the scenery in the inhospitable north .
A prospectus of the Royal Polytechnic College , 309 Regent-street , under the presidency of the Right Hon . the Earl of Shaftesbury , has just been issued for the autumn session , which commenced Monday , 9 fch October . There
are classes in seven languages , ancient and modern , and eighteen others in Science and Art in connection with the Science and Art Department , South Kensington , and the Society of Arts .
HOLIOWATT s Pin . —PBBVBNTIBKR DISEASKS . —Many are the maladies which at all seasons anil in all districts silently work their way into the human system through miasma , noxious vapours and deteriorated air , which could bo disposed of by a few doses of these admirable Pills . The vitiated gases enter tho luugs as we breathe , and contaminate the blood , which will convey tho poisonous particles throughout tho body , unlssa somo purifier , such aa these Pills , betaken to cleanse it . Let the poison lurK where it will—thither will ib be followed and confronted by this never tailing antidote . Holloway ' s Pills expel all harmful matters from the circulation , and oleanae the solids UfeewUo from all treacherous impurities teacLaj to n . oduce disease ,