13 JANUARY 1877, Page 24

The Gentleman's Magazine for January reaches us from fresh pub-

lishers (Chatto and Winans), and the new number is an improvement upon its predecessors, but it hardly now rivals many of its competitors, still less does it fill the place of the Gentleman's Magazine of old. Mr. Justin McCarthy begins a new tale that promises well, with the odd title, "Miss Misanthrope." " Personal Adventures in War-time " has only slight interest now, apart from its reputed authorship. Mr. Karl Blind has a very readable paper, entitled, " The Boar's-Head Dinner at Oxford and a Germanic San-God." The other articles are of the usual character.