MAGAZINES, ETC. —We have received the following for December :- The
Portfolio.—The Magazine of Art.—L'Art.—Part 1 of an illus- trated serial edition of The Life and Words of Christ, by Cunningham Geikie, D.D. (Cassell and Co.)—The Art Annual, which consists of an account of " Sir F. Leighton, his Life and Work," by Mrs. A. Lang. —The E. yositor.—The Month.—The Gentleman's Magazine, in which "Philistia " is concluded.—Merry England, which opens with an article on "Penny Dinners," by John Oldcastle.—Belgravia, in which -'" The Wearing of the Green " is concluded.—Time.—The Nautical Magazine.—The Antiquarian Magazine.—The Folk-Lore Journal.— Science Gossip.—No. 1 of Book-Lore, a magazine devoted to old-time literature (E. Stock).—Part 1 of the Technical Journal (Ward and Lock).—Parts 11, 12, and 13 of Gedney's Foreign Cage-Birds (L. Upcott Gill).—Chambers's Journal, in which Mr. Charles Gibbon's -aerial story is brought to a close.—All the Year Round, in which a new serial tale is commenced.—Good Words, which contains some -interesting " Gossip about London," by John Dennis.—Cassell's Magazine.—The Quiver.—Eastward Ho !—The Leisure Hour.—The airl's Own Paper.—The Sunday Magazine, in which Mr. E. Garrett's story, "At Any Cost," is concladed.—Sanday Talk.—The Season.— The Atlantic Monthly.
We have received Christmas Cards from Messrs. Harding, of Piccadilly, of different designs, all good. The sketches of dogs are capital; and, though we do not care for hunting-scenes, those here offered are sufficiently spirited. M. Griset, in a third set, has hardly carried out an admirable idea with sufficient humour. Hunting- scenes in the antediluvian world should be amusing, if only from the incongruity between the ideas of sport and those suggested by ichthyosauri ; but M. Griset is too fond of unreal beasts, with wings superadded, and staring eyes. The "advanced girls" are capital, but too unequal. The professor of natural history is ad- mirable, but the soldier undeniably vulgar.
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