Reminiscences of Berlin cluri,ig the Franco-German War, 1870-71. By Shepherd
Thomas Taylor. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—Mr. Taylor enrolled himself as a student in the Faculty of Philosophy about the time to which his reminiscences refer. He gives us, accordingly, some interesting sketches of the Professors of the period. We have also notes on student manners and customs. But he does not limit his observations to the city. He gives sketches of its environs, extending his range to some distance, as, e.g, to the Spree- wald. His account of the manners of the Wendish population is to be noted. By the time that we get about half-way through the book, we find some reference to the campaign which gives it a title. It must be allowed, however, that this title is somewhat of a delusion. It has bat little to do with the miscellaneous collection of facto, per- sonal recollections, and gossip with which Mr. Taylor fills up his pages. To put the matter shortly, this is a manifest case of book- making, but a case in which the reader, but for the exaggerated size of the volume, has no particular reason to complain.
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