17 JANUARY 1891, Page 26

Illustrations. Conducted by Francis George Heath, (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—We

welcome this, the annual volume of an excellent periodical. It has the merit of being entirely free from the element of fiction, of which surely we have now more than enough. " Amusement," " Art," " Biography," " Economy," "In- vention," " Literature," and "Science," are the headings under which Mr. Heath classifies the contents of his volume. The reader may depend upon finding under every one of them some- thing to amuse and instruct.