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Granada and the Alhambra. By Albert F. Calvert. (John Iane:'

3s. 6d.,net.)—We are glad to see that the appreciation of this excellent book has been such that it now appears in a, second edition. The author knows his subject well, and with the help of copious illustrations—they number between four and five hundred —is able to give his readers a very good idea of what he is writing about.—To this same "Spanish Series" Mr. Calvert also von- tributes Toledo. He gives us legend, as, for instance, the curious story of the birth of Pelayo ; history—when it can be distinguished from legend--and this both local and national ; art, in its ve.riptis developments of architecture, sculpture, &c. The illustrations are again a great feature, numbering, as they do, more than five hundred.