12 JANUARY 1895, Page 23

The Antiquary (Elliot Stock) 'appeals mainly—and it may be hoped,

successfully—to a limited, but no doubt increasing class of readers. There are, however, in the January number, several articles which are of general and not exclusively antiquarian interest, such as "The Pigmies' Isle in the Hebrides," and "Holy Wells of Scotland." Mr. Moore's notes on "Manx Folk-lore" ought to be especially interesting at the present time, when the genius of Mr. Hall Caine has given a new interest to the Isle of Man. "St. Dunstan's in the East" is an admirable example of an antiquarian article which is anything but Dryas- dustish.