11 JUNE 1887, Page 23

It is no exaggeration to say of the Hour-Glass, that

it is a wonderful threepenny-worth. Mr. Norris is capable of better work than the telling of the story of a rather silly yachting-port flirtation ; but the letters in which it is told are sufficiently clever. "Pond Life in June" is especially interesting for its illustrations. The tastes of other readers than devotees of natural history are consulted in articles on "Hatfield House and the Salisbnrys," and "The Childhood of Adelina Patti." Does it not show editorial weakness to republish at length a newspaper article in a monthly magazine, even if that be an amusing as 'The Toddy Story " ?