editing, the August number of the Illustrated Naval and Military
Magazine is highly readable. Admiral Colomb's paper (the second of a series) on "Naval Warfare," and Mr. Philip Revell's on "The
Canalisation of the Thames and Defence of London," are, in par- ticular, worthy of all attention; and so is Captain Gall's on "Infantry," although it is a trifle more professional than the others. Still more acceptable, from the purely popular point of view, are Mr. Irving Montage's "Wanderings of a War Artist" (in which there are pleasant glimpses of the late Mr. Donovan, of
the Daily News), General Harris's "Reminiscences of the Siege of
Delhi," and "Captain Mayne Reid and the Mexican Campaign of 1847," by his widow. Looking to the general European situation,
however, the chief paper in this number of the Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine is " Pola." It is a very graphic account of the "Sebastopol of the Austrian Empire," situated at the extremity of the Istrian Peninsula, which projects into the Adriatic. As Pola forms part of Italia Irredenta it may not remain always the Austrian stronghold which at present it is.
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