his ignorance of the world and his ingenuous conduct give rise to escapades of the most diverting order. Everyone calls him Mr. Thomas Angel, and when he vanishes in a fire, at a moment marked by strange abnormal phenomena, that name is inscribed upon his tombstone. It is an amusing story, bound to have a success, and with many pages of the most excellent comedy. But Mr. Wells must take more time over his next book. I can't help feeling he hasn't made the best of an original idea.

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To turn now to the ordinary contents of the parcel. In the department of history you will find the second volume of Dr. Aubrey's "The Rise and Growth of the English Nation, with Special Reference to Epochs and Crises" (Stock, 7s. 6d.), covering the period between 1399 and 1658. A History of and for the People" is the sub-title, and many English histories though there are, you will be glad of the continuation of Dr. Aubrey's work. Then a sort of short cut to the same subject is provided by Mr. David Ross's "Mnemonic Time Charts of English History" (Stanford), which claims to "show at a glance, in chronological relation," all the kings, the reigns, the genealogies, the parliaments, important events, etc.; and you will be glad of Miss Elizabeth Sewell's "Outline History of Italy from the Fall of the Western Empire: (Longmans, 2s. 6d.), an excellent little book of its class, very useful for reference.

I do not often have so thoroughly interesting a volume of reminiscences to send you as Mr. Archibald Forbes's "Memories and Studies of War and Peace" (Cassell, 16s.), or one so full of excitement and of admirable writing. My word! Mr. Forbes does know how to make a battle-picture or a sudden skirmish clear to his readers' eyes. The Franco-German War, the Commune, the Zulu War, and the Russo-Turkish War, are his chief subjects, and afford him, apart from his own personal adventures as a war correspondent, material which he works up into some of the most vivid, picturesque pages of the sort I have ever read. The life of the press correspondent, who has to have his being in the thick of the fighting, shirking no danger, alert for the best means of outwitting his rivals and getting his hardly-earned news to his paper in London before they have finished writing their telegrams, has never been better treated. And there are one or two English episodes-notably that of the north-country murderer who escaped condemnation-that suggest that in Mr. Forbes, the war correspondent, the world has lost a very capable novelist. The final chapter, in which he discusses the merits of the different military chiefs with whom he has served, and with whom he has had more or less intimate relations, has special interest, for some of the generals he writes about with extreme frankness bear names which are in all men's mouths. Mr. T. II. S. Escott's "Platform, Press, Politics, and Play" (Arrowsmith, 6s.), described as "pen-and-ink sketches of contemporary celebrities," and with an excellent plate portrait of Mr. Escott himself as frontispiece, is another book you will read with pleasure. It is a volume every whit as readable, and, in its way, valuable, as you would expect from its author. Mr. Escott says, by the way, that it was a suggestion made by a Punch reviewer which first set him to work on these "reminiscences." But it is little short of a public scandal that neither this book nor Mr. Forbes's "Memories" has an index. And yet another well-known figure who has produced her reminiscences, is Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, whose "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches" (Longmans, 6s.), I send you with hearty commendation.

The Rev. M. Kaufmann's "Socialism and Modern Thought" (Methuen, 2s. 6d.), a volume of the series devoted to Social Questions of To-day, is the most suggestive and timely of the four political books I send you. The subject is too large and wide-reaching for the space at the author's disposal, but still the book is one that neither you nor any other reader interested in socialism, and its trend and influence, can afford to leave unread. The three others are, a new volume of Lord Brassey's "Papers and Addresses" (Longmans, 5s.), dealing with political and miscellaneous questions from 1861 to 1894, such as the Eastern Question, Our Relations with Russia, Employers' Liability, and Home Rule; Mr. Granville C. Cunningham's "A Scheme of Imperial Federation: a Senate for the Empire (Longmans, 3s. 6d.), made up of papers reprinted, with additions, from the Westminster Review of 1879, with a preface by Sir Frederick Young, K.C.M.G.; and a new volume of the series of Economic Classics-Richard Jones's "Peasant Rates: being the First Half of an Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and the Sources of Taxation (1831)" (Macmillan, 3s. net), a monograph, half forgotten now by economists, but which John Stuart Mill used freely, and described as a copious repertory of valuable facts on the landed tenures of different countries."

In science I hope you will like Miss B. Lindsay's "An Introduction to the Study of Zoology" (Sonnenschein, 6s.). It is evidently written by a lady who has the gift of exposition and the faculty of keeping out extraneous matter, whether religious or irreligious. The introduction has several notable features. First, it adopts the new German classification of the animal kingdom into grades; second, although abstaining from all expositions of a theological or anti-theological nature, it asserts strongly the sound humanitarian teaching regarding the feeling and rights of animals, a point of view too often ignored in working treatises. A wide berth is given to disputed text-books, but due honour is given to Darwin in the history of the Darwinian controversy. The chapter relating to reproduction is excellently done. Other volumes of science are, Miss Agnes M. Clerke's "The Herschels and Modern Astronomy" (Cassell, 3s. 6d.), a volume of Sir Henry Roscoe's Century Science Series; Mr. H. H. Donaldson's" The Growth of the Brain: a Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education" (Scott, 3s. 6d.), the latest issue of the Contemporary Science Series; and the second volume, in Allen's Naturalists' Library, of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's "Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain" (Allen, 6s.). All these four are illustrated, the last having many excellent coloured plates.

Dr. Agar Beet's "New Life in Christ: a Study in Personal Religion" (Hodder and Stoughton, 6s. 6d.), a sequel and supplement to his " Through Christ to God," is the most important volume in theology I have to send. "Inward spiritual experience and practical life occupy a large place" in Dr. Beet's treatment of his theme. Then there is a new volume of the excellent little series, the Guild Text-books, the Rev. George Milligan's "The English Bible: a Sketch of Its History" (Black, 6d. net); and I should mention here that this series is being republished in larger form under the title of the Guild Library. Dr. Grant's "The Religions of the World” (Black, 1s. 6d. net), has been the first volume to appear. I send you three volumes of fiction other than those I have already mentioned. Mr. Robert Cromie's "The Crack of Doom" (Digby, 3s. 6d.), is the kind of scientific wonder romance which M. Jules Verne used to produce, and whose popularity has returned with the success of Mr. Wells's "Time Machine." It is an exciting story,

replete with sensational and really novel incidents, and written with a good deal of power and imagination. The mysterious Cui Bono society, which figures so prominently in its pages, is a distinct invention. Then you will find Miss Katharine Tynan's "Isle in the Water" (Black, 3s. 6d.), a collection of Irish short stories, full of that observation and restraint which have been the characteristics of all Mrs. Hinkson's work; and a new volume of the Mayfair set, Mr. Gerald Campbell's "The Joneses and the Asterisks" (Lane, 3s. 6d. net), a volume of social satire in dialogue, in the

T takes a great deal of careful negotiation to arrange for the adoption of children by foster-parents. I am glad to say that since going to press last month one forlorn mite, a little girl (No. 11 in our list), has been adopted by foster-parents who are in a position to give her very unusual advantages. No. 1 on our last month's list of babies has also found a home with a couple who will be good parents to him.

The following is a revised list of the babies who are available for adoption. When it came to the point, one mother could not bring her mind to part with her child, but will struggle on for it. It is therefore withdrawn from the last month's list:

1. A little boy, 1 year and 9 months old. Fair, with flaxen hair; a nice healthy little fellow. Illegitimate.

2. A little boy, born July 28th last; more particulars not given, but correspondence with any one wishing to adopt a child offered.

3. A little boy; illegitimate. All information easily obtained if necessary.

4. A little boy. His mother died when he was one month old. No relatives able to help. Father alive, but in very poor circumstanees, yet wishes to keep out of the workhouse. Guardians will not take the child unless the father comes into the House with it.

5. A little boy. His mother would give up all claims on him if she found foster-parents willing to adopt him, as her husband is abroad, and she wishes to join him, and cannot take the baby with her. Will give all particulars if necessary.

6. A little girl, "very pretty child, dark, a dear little baby." Her mother has been deserted by her husband for months. This baby was born 14th of July this year.

7. A little girl, "quite a lovely child" and very healthy. Illegitimate. Born in the beginning of July.

8. A baby. Not stated whether boy or girl. Illegitimate. Born in April. It is a very fine, healthy, fair child.

9. A little boy, six weeks old. "Healthy, well-made little fellow." Illegitimate. Mother pianoforte teacher, and cannot afford to keep the child.

10. Little baby girl, one year old," curly hair, strong, healthy, intelligent, and pretty."

11 A baby boy. Healthy in every respect. Fair complexion. Born end of August. Parents married, but have to go abroad to a bad climate for children, they are afraid he might die. They are too poor to leave him behind in England. Are willing to part with him entirely, if they knew he was well provided for.

12. A baby girl three and a half years of age. A really lovely child. Very healthy and well grown. Brown hair, dark eyes, and pretty fair complexion. She is very sweettempered. She is illegitimate.

13. A baby boy. A year old. Of gentle birth. by its father.

Deserted

14. A little boy. Five years of age. Father dead. 15. A baby boy. Born October, 1894. Illegitimate. Here is a letter from the grandmother of a child now happily adopted :

Please pardon me for taking up your valuable time, but my heart is so full of thankfulness, that I must express my gratitude to you that my grandchild will have such a brilliant future is at present more than I can realise, so that I cannot let another day pass without thanking you for lifting so great a burden off me; that I have been in dreadful distress the last year and a half. You may imagine my heart was too full on Saturday to let me thank the future parents or express to them my feelings. Again I thank you, also the ladies, for their kindness to me, which I shall never forget.

It may save trouble and avoid some confusion if I restate distinctly here what I have to say to all applicants for babies, as well as to those who have to dispose of them. No baby can be entered for the Exchange unless its parents are able and willing to execute a formal instrument making over the child absolutely to whomsoever I may decide to deliver it. With this instrument, which must be duly signed and witnessed by at least one other person of standing and respectability, there must be a doctor's certificate as to the health of the child, and the certificate of birth for purposes of identification. On the other hand, no applications can be taken into consideration unless I have first an undertaking from the applicants to adopt formally and altogether the child that is made over to them. In this document they must accept parental responsibility for the child, and exonerate me absolutely from all further responsibility in the matter. Secondly, there must be a reference to at least two persons of respectability and standing as to their character, and as to their ability to adequately provide for the children. It is also desired that both parties should accompany their applications with photographs of the child on the one side, and of the persons who wish to adopt it on the other.

With regard to the Marriage Exchange, I have received a considerable number of letters which convince me that the institution would be a very useful one. But

if it is to come into existence, it will not be by the insertion of occasional announcements as to the matrimonial aspirations of swains who take care to stipulate that whatever else their prospective brides may have or may lack, they must not be wanting in siller." Correspondents who have sent to me notices of their desires in this respect, will take this as a sufficient reason for the non - appearance of their

letters.

A. C. Q.

A. M. C.

American Catholic Quarterly Review.

A. A. P. S. Annals of the American Academy

Ant.

American Magazine of Civics.

Political and Social Science.

Antiquary.

Arch. R. Architectural Record.

Ir. M.

Jew. Q.

J. Ed.

J. Micro.

C. S. J.

Cas. M.

C. W.

C. M.

Century Magazine.

Jur. R.

K. O.

P. M. M.

Nineteenth Century.

North American Review. Our Day.

Outing.

Palestine Exploration Fund.
Pall Mall Magazine.

Philosophical Review.

Presbyterian and Reformed Review,

Phil. R.

P. L.

Poet-Lore.

Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical

Research.

American Traits, by Martin Morris, New R, Oct.

The American Young Man, by Mrs. Haweis, Y M, Oct. Amiel, Heuri Frédéric. E. Newman on, Free R, Oct.

Antarctic Exploration: The Need for an Antarctic Expedition, by Clements R. Markham, NC, Oct.

Anthropology: Criminal Anthropology: Its Origin and Application, by Prof. C. Lombroso, F, Sept.

Arabia Dhofar, Land of Frankincense and Myrrh, by J. T. Bent, N C, Oct. Arc, Joan of, L. de Conte on, Harp, Oct.

Archæology, see Contents of Antiquary.

Armenia: An Unbiassed View of the Armenian Question, by W. B. Harris, Black, Oct.

Armies (see also Ballooning, and Contents of the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, United Service Magazines):

Advancement in the Army, Major A. Griffiths on, FR, Oct.

The English Officer, Col. H. Knollys on, Black, Oct.

Arnold's (Sir Edwin) "Light of Asia," Rev. R. M. Ryan on, C W, Sept.
Astronomy: A Chapter in the History of Astronomy, by J. E. Gore, G M,
Oct.

Athletics Women as Athletes, by W. de Wagstaffe, Fr L, Oct.
Australia: Coolgardie; the Eldorado of the West, Y M, Oct.
Automobile, H. C. Marillier on, New R, Oct.

Ballooning: War Ballooning, by C. Knight, Str, Sept.

Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Highland Home, by J. R. Hunter, Harp, Oct.
Beecher, Dr. Lyman, H. A. Glass on, Sun M, Oct.
Bentley, Richard, Anne Bentley on, Arg, Oct.

Bible and Biblical Criticism (see also Contents of Expository Times, Homiletic Review, King's Own, New World, Thinker):

Archæology v. Old Testament Criticism, by A. H Savce, CR, Oct.

The Law of Moses and the Higher Criticism, by Very Rev. A. F. Hewit, C W, Sept.

The Dawn of the Trinity, by C. Waterer, W R, Oct.

St Paul's Escape from Damascus, by Rev. Hugh Macmillan, Sun H, Oct. Birds:

Accidents to Birds, C, Oct.

Domesticated Birds, N. S. Shaler on, Scrib, Oct

Blunt, Wilfred S., Poetry of, P. Addleshaw on, Nat R, Oct.

Bonfires in London Streets, by G. L. Apperson, G M, Oct.

Brickfields: A Kentish Brickfield, by Beatrice A. Dau, G W, Oct.

Brodie, Deacon, Charles Whibley on, New R, Oct.

Bronte Family: A Crop of Bronts Myths, by A. M. Mackay, W R, Oct. Brunetière. Ferdinand, Mlle. Y. Blaze de Bury on, F R, Oct.

Bunyan, Johu, and the "Pilgrim's Progress," Kate M. Warren on, Sun M, Oct.

Butler, Lady Eleanor, G M, Oct.

Calculating Boys, Str, Sept.

Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, interviewed by M. Griffith, Str, Sept.
Canada (see also Contents of Canadian Magazine):

The Dominion of Canada, by Dr. W. H. Withrow, Chaut, Sept.
Canadian Poets and Poetry, by T. O'Hagan, C W, Sept.
Canning, George, and John Moody, by P. S. Cassidy, C W, Sept.
Carlyle, Thomas,

Dr. D. Pryde on, Scots, Sept.

Carlyle and Wordsworth, T B, Oct. Cashmere, see under India.

Catholic Church (see also Missions and Contents of Catholic World):

The Asserted Growth of Catholicism in England, Dean Farrar on, F R, Oct. France and Roman Catholicism, by G. Bonet-Maury, New W, Sept. Central America: Three Gringos, by R. H. Davis, Harp, Oct. Chamberlain, Joseph, W H, Oct.

Chamois-Stalking, by W. A. Baillie Grohman, E I, Oct.

Chili: the Home of the Huaso, by May Crommelin, L H, Oct.
China (see also Korean War, Missions):

Vegetarian Sects in China, by Charles G. Sparham, Sun H, Oct.

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Chitral:

Spenser Wilkinson on, Nat R, Oct.

Chitral to Gilgit, C, Oct.

Christian Endeavour Movement, Rev. F. E. Clarke on, NA R, Sept.

Church History: The Unity of the Church in Apostolic Times, by Dr. T. M. Lindsay, CR, Oct.

Churches: Our Wooden Churches, by Sarah Wilson, Q, Oct.

Clergy: The New Clergy, by Rev. H. R. Haweis, C R, Oct.

Coal Mine Explosions and Coal Mine Fires, K, Oct.

Coleridge, Samuel T., Ex Auima Poetae, New R, Oct.

Couch, A. T. Quiller, interviewed by F. Dolman, Y M, Oct.
Cricket: The Evolution of Cricket, by A. T. Story, Str, Sept.
Crime:

Criminal Anthropology; Its Origin and Application, by Prof. C. Lombroso,
F, Sept.

Criminals in Private Life, by Major A. Griffiths, W M, Sept.

The Murder of Dr. George Parkman by Prof. John W. Webster; a Famous Crime, by George C. Holt, Cos, Sept.

Cuba:

The Situation in Cuba, by S. Alvarez, N A R, Sept.
Should Cuba be Free? by C. King, F, Sept.

Santiago; The Ancient Capital of Cuba, by John T. Hyatt, Cos, Sept. Cushing, Lieut., and the Ram Albemarle, by T. Roosevelt, St. N, Oct. Cutpurse, Moll, Mac, Oct.

Degeneration, see under Nordau (Max).

Don Quixote," Sources of, by C. B. Luffman and L. M. Lane, T B, Ot
Donkeys' Dairy in London, F. Steelcroft, Str, Sept.
Dress: The Follies of Fashion, by Mrs. Parr, P M M, Oct.
Ducks and Duck-Shooting, by S. Jenkins, Can M, Sept.
Duelling: The Last Duel in the Place Royale, Mac, Oct.

Earthquakes: Railroading over an Earthquake, by Cy. Warman, McCl, Oct.
Education (see also Contents of Educational Reviews, Hand and Eye, Educa-
tional Times, Journal of Education, Kindergarten Magazine):
Methods and Difficulties of Child-Study, by Mrs A. H. Barns, F, Sept.
Rugby and Oxford, 1830-185, by Dean W. C. Lake, G W, Oct.
Life at Newnham, Cambridge, M P, Oct.

Egypt: The New Race; Prof. F. Petrie's Discoveries, Sun H, Oct.
Electric Lighting: The People's Lamps, by Prof. Frank Parsons, A, Sept.
Electricity: Marvels of Electricity, by Prof. J. R. Buchanan, A, Sept.
Eliot, George, by Frederic Harrison, F, Sept.
Engineering, see Contents of Engineering Magazine.
Ericsson, John, Engineer, J. J. O'Shea on, C W, Sept.
Ethics and Economics, by F. P. Powers, Lipp, Oct.
Evolution:

How Evolution Evolves, by Stinson Jarvis, A, Sept.

The Sanction for Morality in Nature and Evolution, by J. T. Bixby, New W, Sept.

The Constructive Power of the Doctrine of Evolution, by E. P. Powell, New W, Sept.

Exeter, Sarah, Countess of, C, Oct.

Fiction:

The Place of the Novel, by G. Mortimer and J. Leatham, Free R, Oct. The Gift of Story-Telling, by Brander Matthews, Harp, Oct.

Field, Bishop, Rev. A. R. Buckland on, Q, Oct.

Finance (see also United States, and Contents of Bankers' Magazine, Board of Trade Journal, Investors' Review):

English Industry and Eastern Competition, R. S. Gundry on, FR, Oct.

The Benefits of Hard Times, by E. Atkinson, F, Sept.

Gold-Mining Madness in the City, by S. F. Van Oss, N C, Oct.

Firdausi, Persian Poet, by J. Herbert Parsons, G M, Oct.

Fishing:

English Trout, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Black, Oct.
Fishing Tackle, by James Cassidy, G M, Oct.

Flaubert, Gustave, D. F. Hannig an on, WR, Oct.

Folk-Lore, see Contents of Folk-Lore.

Foreign Policy of England, Captain J. W. Gambier on, F R, Oct.
France:

"Fraternal France," Rear-Admiral C. C. P. FitzGerald on, Nat R, Oct.
France and Roman Catholicism, by G. Bonet-Maury, New W, Sept.
Life in the Tuileries under the Second Empire, by Anna S. Bicknell, C M,
Oct.

Marseilles, by Walter H. Pollock, Long, Oct.

The Presqu'ile de Crozon, by E. H. Barker, T B, Oct.

Garfield's Ride at Chickamauga, by J. R. Gilmore, McCl, Sept.
Garrick's (David) Farewell to the Stage, by Austin Dobson, Long, Oct.
Gaunt, Mary, Bkman, Oct.

Geography: International Geographical Congress, Scot G M, Sept.; N Sc,

Oct.; K, Oct.

Geology, see Contents of Geological Magazine, Journal of Geology.
Germany:

The German Struggle for Liberty, by P. Bigelow, Harp, Oct.

In Germany; a Sketch, by Duchess of Sutherland, N C, Oct.
Among the Wendish Meres, by Beatrice Marshall, Sun M, Oct.

Glave, E. J., by Robert H. Russell, C M, Oct.

Grant, General, at Pilot Knob, by Gen. J. M. Thayer, McCl, Oct.
Greek Language, Pronunciation of, J. Gennadius on, N C, Oct.

Griffin, Sir Lepel, interviewed by E. J. Hart, W M, Sept.

Guerre, Martin,-The False Martin Guerre, by A. H. Millar, PM M, Oct.

Hafiz, Persian Poet, J H. Parsons on, G M, Oct.

Hagenbeck, Carl, Menagerie Owner, by C. J. Cornish, E I, Oct.

Hamilton, Alexander, Mac, Oct.

Hamilton, Lady, M. Todhunter on, W R, Oct.

Hamley, Sir E. B., Life of, Black, Oct.

Harnack, Prof. Adolf, Rev. D. Macfadyen on, Ex T. Oct. Henley, Wm. Ernest, H. B. Marriott Watson on, Bkman, Oct.

Herron, Prof. George D., and His Work in California, Symposium, A, Sept. Highways of the World, by Marion M. Pope, Lipp, Oct.

History: The New Spirit in History, by W. S. Lilly, N C, Oct.

Hockey, H. F. Bittersby on, W M, Sept.

Holmes, Dr. O. W., and His Writings, by Dr. J. O. Murray, Hom R, Sept. Homes and Shelters:

St. Luke's Home, Osnaburgh Street, Mrs. James Stuart on, Sun M, Oct. Hop-Pickers, GOP, Oct.

Hopper, Nora, Bkman, Sept.

Houses of Celebrated People, by R. S. Warren Bell, W M, Sept. Husbands: Ideal Husbands, Free R, Oct.

Huxley, Prof. T. H.,

Hutton, Richard H., on, F, Sept.

Smalley, G. W., on, Scrib, Oct.

Reminiscences of Prof. Huxley, by Sir W. H. Flower, N A R, Sept.
Huxley and Agnosticism, by J. M. Robertson, Free R, Oct.

Iceland: Notes on the Geography, Geology, Agriculture and Economics of
Iceland, by Dr. H. Johnston-Lavis, Scot G M, Sept.

India (see also Chitral and Contents of Indian Church Quarterly Review, Indian Magazine and Review, India):

Oct.

"The Rulers of India," W. S. Seton-Karr on, Nat R,
The English in India, by Rev. W. Bonuar, C R, Oct.
The Closing of the Indian Mints, Lord Brassey on, N C, Oct.
Hindoos and Moslem, by E. L. Weekes, Harp, Oct.
Singhpur, an Indian Station, by E. O. Walker, G M, Oct.
In the Punjaub, by J. H. Wick, Sun M, Oct.
Kashmir, C, Oct.

Indian Exhibition, W M. Sept.

Inns Notable Inns Around London, by Nettie L. Beal, Chaut, Sept. Ireland (see also Contents of Irish Monthly, Irish Ecclesiastical Record): The Outlook for Ireland, by the Earl of Crewe, N A R, Sept.

The Prospects of Home Rule, W R, Oct.

Ireland, by a Disenchanted Nationalist, F R. Oct.

Faction-Fighting in Munster, by J. F. MacNamara, WR, Oct. 1

The Rock of Cashel, by C. R. B. Barrett, Min, Oct.

The Japanese Constitutional Crisis and the War, C R, Oct.
The Genius of Japanese Civilisation, by L. Hearn, A M, Oct.
Rambles in Japan, by Canon H. B. Tristram, L H, Oct.

Jews: Among the Russian Jews in the East-End, by R. Garfield, Q, Oct.
Journalism:

The Loudon Times, J. Creelman on. McCl, Sept.

The New York Tribune in the Draft Riots, by J. R. Gilmore, McCl, Ot. Keary's (C. F.) Book, "A Wanderer," Mrs. W. K. Clifford of, Bkman, Oct. Keats, John,

The Real John Keats, by J. G. Speed, McCl, Oct.

Keats in Hampstead, by Kenyon West, C M, Oct.

The Influence of Keats. by Henry van Dyke, C M, Oct.

Kelly, John-Tammany under John Kelly, by E. J. Edwards, McCl, Sept. Kentucky: Humours of Political Campaigning in Kentucky, by Edward J.

The Labour War, by Harold Thomas, WR, Oct.

Municipal Progress and the Living Wage, by D. McG. Means, F, Sept.

The Labour Exchange, F. W. Cotton on, A, Sept.

Labour Legislation in the United States, by G. K. Holmes, Eng M. Sept. Lake District: The Wordsworth Country on Two Shillings a Day, by A. F. Sanborn, A M, Oct.

Lambeth Palace, Rev. J. Cave-Browne on, G W, Oct.

Landscape: Some Thoughts on Landscape, by N. W. Williams, W R, Oct. Liberal Party, see under Parliamentary.

Libraries, see Contents of Library.

Literature (see also Canadian Literature, Irish Literature, Fiction, Poetry): Living by Literature, Bkman, Sept.

Pessimism in Literature, by Rev. William Barry, H, Oct.

The Country Gentleman in Literature, by Sir George Douglas, Bkman, Sept. The Vocal Interpretation of Literature, by T. O'Hagan, Can M, Sept.

Liverpool To-day, by R. Mackray, Can M, Sept.

Living, Art of,-the Case of Women, by R. Grant, Scrib, Oct..

Locker-Lampson, Frederick, C. Kernahan on, N C, Oct.

Lookout Mountain, B. Torrey on, A M, Oct.

Lourdes: A Medical View of the Miracles, by Dr. Berdoe, N C, Oct.

Lowell, James Russell, Brauder Matthews on, St N, Oct.

Maclaren, Alexander, Rev. J. B. Shaw on, Hom R, Sept.

Macleod, Fiona, Bkman. Sept.

Mahomet and Mahomedanismi:

Islam and Its Critics, FR, Oct.

Hindoo and Moslem, by E. L. Weeks, Harp, Oct.

Marriage:

The Moloch of Modern Marriage, by Rev. J. Frome Wilkinson, H, Oct.
The Marriage Rate of College Women, by Millicent W. Shinn, C M, Oct.
Medicine, see Contents of the Medical Magazine, Provincial Medical Journal.
Memory: The Picture Galleries of the Memory, by Rev. F. A. Malleson, LH,
Oct.

Mendicancy: How Men become Tramps, by Josiah Flynt, C M, Oct.
Milburn, Rev. Dr., Interviewed, R R R, Sept.

Missions (see also Contents of Church Missionary Intelligencer, Missionary
Review of the World):

A Catholic Foreign Mission in the Province of Canton, Black, Oct. The Girl Martyrs of Ku-Cheng, by Rev. A. R. Buckland, G W, Oct. Municipal Progress and the Living Wage, by D. McG. Means, F, Sept. Museums: The British Museum Print Room, by A. Whitman, G W, Oct. Napoleon I.,

Davis, John, on, A, Sept.

Sloane, Wm. M., ou, C M, Oct.

Napping, Pauline W. Roose on, T B, Oct.

Natural History (see also Birds, Sea-Life, and Contents of Knowledge, Natural Science):

Luminous Animals, by T. R. R. Stebbing, Black, Oct.

Field and Hedge Gleaners, by "A Son of the Marshes," E I, Oct.
Tenacity versus Strength, by H. B. M. Buchanau, Arg, Oct.

Autumn Sessions in a Buchan Garden, by E. V. Boyle, Nat R, Oct.

Navies (see also Contents of the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, United Service Magazine):

The Naval Manoeuvres, W. Laird Clowes on, FR, Oct.

The Fleet in Being, by David Hannay, New R, Oct.

The Building of a Battleship, J. F. Fraser on, W M, Sept.

The Evolution of the Blue-Jacket, by Admiral P. H. Colomb, NA R, Sept. The Future in Relation to American Naval Power, by Capt. A. T. Mahan, Harp, Oct.

The New Centurion, by James Eastwick, Long, Oct.

New England (see also Contents of New England Magazine):

Representation in New England Legislatures, by G. H. Haynes, A A PS, Sept.

New Guinea: Inside New Guinea, by J. P. Bocock, Lipp, Oct.

New York City:

Municipal Reform Movement, E. Porritt on, Nat R, Oct.

Unsanitary Schools and Public Indifference in New York, by Dr. D. H. Stewart, F, Sept.

Nordau's (Max) "Degeneration," Cesare Lombroso on, C M, Oct.

Norfolk Broads: A Cruise ou the Norfolk Broads, by Anna B. Dodd, C M, Oct. Norse Literature and Irish Literature, W. Larmiuie on, CR, Oct.

Omnipresent Divinity, by Henry Wood, A, Sept.

Orient, (see also Japan, etc.):

Oriental Arms, by D. Trelawney, Min, Oct.

Owen, Sir Richard, Dr. James Macaulay on, L H, Oct.

Parliamentary:

The Liberal Leadership, by Jas. Annand, New R, Oct.

Wanted a New Liberal Programme, by T. Scanlon, W R, Oct.

The Anecdotic Side of English Dissolutions, by M. J. Griffin, F, Sept.

Peace, Charles, Charles Whibley on, New R, Oct.

Philosophy (see also Contents of Philosophical Review):

Men of Science and Philosophers, by Herbert Spencer, C R, Oct. Photography, see Contents of Wilson's Photographic Magazine, Photogram. Physics, see Contents of Physical Review.

Poacher and His Craft, by R. Kearton, C F M. Oct.

Poetry (see also Canadian Literature, Irish Literature):

Poetry and Reform, by B. O. Flower, A, Sept.

Pastoral Poetry, C. W. Bride on, Scots, Sept.

Political Economy (see also Contents of Economic Journal):

Ethics and Economics, by F. P. Powers, Lipp, Oct.

Political Science: British Constitution versus Evolution, WR, Oct.

Ponsonby, Miss Sarah, G M, Oct.

Pope, Alexander, A. M. Williams on, G M, Oct.

Positivism, (see also Contents of Positivist Review) :

The Religion of Humanity, W. H. Mallock on, N C, Oct.

Polocka, Countess, Susan Coolidge on, A M, Oct.

Psychical Research: Dynamic Thought, by Prof. W. F. Barrett, H, Oct. Psychology, (see also Contents of Psychological Review):

The l'harmacy of the Soul, by Mrs. V. W. Martin, H, Oct.

Punjaub, see under India.

Queen Victoria (see also Balmoral):

The Maiden Monarch, W H, Oct.

Rates: The Incidence of Rates, by H. Llewellyn Davies, WR, Oct. Reaction and Its Lessons, by Frederic Harrison, F R, Oct.

Richmond, H. D. Lowry on, W M, Sept.

Riggs, Mary, Rev. A. R. Buckland on, Sun M. Oct.

Road-Making, Romance of, by Henry Frith, C F M, Oct.
Robertson, J. Forbes, Interviewed by Harry How, Str, Sept.
Rugby, see under Education.

Rural Life (see also Agriculture, etc.):

The Peasant-Farmer of Lancashire, Mac, Oct.

Ruskin as Master of Prose, by Frederic Harrison, N C, Oct.

Sadi, Persian Poet, Herbert Parsons on, GM, Oct.

Santiago, Cuba, see under Cuba.

Sanitation (see also Contents of Public Health):

Unsanitary Schools and Public Indifference in New York, by Dr. D. H. Stewart, F, Sept.

Science (see also Contents of Science Progress, Knowledge, Physical

Review):

Men of Science and Philosophers, by Herbert Spencer, C R, Oct.

Scotland (see also Abbotsford, Balmoral):

The Drove-Road in Scotland, Mac, Oct.

Sea-Life: In the Realm of the Wonderful, by C. B. Hudson, C. Sept. Servants: Tyrannies of Private Life, by Mrs. E. Lynn Linton, Nat R, Oct. Sherbrooke, Viscount, and His Friends, by A. P. Martin, P M M, Oct. Shipping, see Contents of Nautical Magazine.

Sidney, Sir Philip, Biographical, M P, Oct.

Silk: English Silks, by Kineton Parkes, Nat R, Oct.
Smith, Dr. John, A. W. Stewart on, Sun M, Oct.
Snuff-Boxes, E. W. Low on, W M, Sept.

"Social Evolution": The Larger Issues of Mr. Kidd's Position, by L. P. Jacks, New W, Sept.

Social Purity: Recent Age of Consent Legislation in America, by Helen H.
Gardener, A, Sept.

Social Reform: The Pig-or the Pig-stye? by Rev. Walter Walsh, H, Oct.
Socialism: A Search for Socialism, by S. B. Booth, Free R, Oct.
Somerset House: The Literary Research Room, C J, Oct.

Spain, Romance of, by C. W. Wood, Arg, Oct.

Speech, Expressiveuess of, by Prof. A. R. Wallace, F R, Oct.

Sport, see Fishing, Duck-shooting, Chamois-stalking, etc., and Contents of the
Badminton Magazine, Outing.

Stanton, Father, and St. Alban's, Holborn, RR R, Sept.
Steeplejacks, Wilfred Wemley on, E I, Oct.

Stephen, James Fitz James, Julia Wedgwood on, C R, Oct.

Stevenson, R. L., and His Life at Vailima, by Lloyd Osbourne, Scrib, Oct. Sudermann's Drama "Heimat," H. Schütz Wilson on, G M, Oct.

Sunday in Victoria Park, Sun H, Oct.

Switzerland:

Graduated Taxation in the Canton de Vaud, by W. B. Duffield. W R, Oct Climbing the Matterhorn, by J. P. Serviso, McCl, Sept.

Tasso, Torquato, Last Days of, by Marie Walsh, Fr L, Oct.
Tattooing, Tighe Hopkins on, LH, Oct.

Taylor, Anu, Jane, and Isaac, by Sarah Tytler, G O P, Oct.
Temperance and the Liquor Traffic.

King Alcohol and Liberalism, Free R, Oct.

Intemperance Past and Present, by Arthur Shadwell, Nat R, Oct.

Old-Time Drinking Habits, by C. Northend, NE M, Sept.

Closing the New York Saloons on Sunday, by T. Roosevelt, McCl, Oct. Tennyson's (Lord) " Lady of Shalott," J. Cuming Walters on, Ata, Oct. Theatres and the Drama, see Contents of Theatre.

Theosophy, see Contents of Lucifer.

Thompson, Sir John, O. A. Howland on, Can M, Sept.

Times, see under Journalism.

Titles of Honour, W. Everett on, NE M, Sept.

Toynbee Hall, Rev. T. C. Collings on, L H, Oct.

Trafalgar Captains, W. Laird Clowes on, N C, Oct.

Translation, Ethics of, Mac, Oct.

Trout-Fishing, see under Fishing.

Twain, Mark, as a Critic, by D. F. Hannigan, Free R, Oct.

United States (see also American People, Labour, Navies, New England, Universities; Kentucky, New York, Utah, Lookout Mountain):

Trend of National Progress in the United States, by Prof. R. H. Thurston, NAR, Sept.

Reviving Business in the United States, by J. H. Eckels. NA R, Sept. Income Tax Decisions and Constitutional Construction, by C. G. Tiedeman, AAP S, Sept.

Petty Tyrants of America, by Max O'Rell, NA R, Sept.

Sources of American Federalism, by W. C. Morey, A A PS, Sept.

The Enforcement of Law in the United States, by T. Rooseve't, F, Sept. The United States Civil Service as a Career, by H. T. Newcomb, F, Sept.

A History of the last Quarter-Century in the United States, by E. B. Andrews, Scrib, Oct.

Crop Conditions and Prospects in the United States, by H. Farquhar, NAR, Sept.

Universalism: Progressive Changes in Universalist Thought, by Rev. Marion D. Shutter, A, Sept.

Ward, Mrs. Humphry, by Mrs. S. A Tooley, Y W, Oct.
Weather and Weather Wisdom, by Ellen O. Kirk, A M, Oct.
Westminster, Duke of, and Eaton Hall, by Mary S. Warreu, W H, Oct.
Women:

Mutual Relations of Men and Women, by A. Clerk, New R, Oct.

The Art of Living-The Case of Woman, by R. Grant, Scrib, Oct.

Our English Girls, by Mrs. Humphry, I, Oct.

Why American Women Do Not Want the Ballot, by Bishop Croswell Doane,
NAR. Sept.

The Position of Russian Women, by Countess A. Kapriste, H, Oct.
Burmese Women, H. Fielding on, Fr L, Oct.

Woolwich Arsenal, J. Munro on, C F M, Oct.
Wordsworth and Carlyle, T B, Oct.

Yachting: Defence of the America Cup, by W. J. Henderson, McCl, Sept.

Zoophily, Ethics of, Frances Power Cobbe on, CR, Oct,