Mr. E. Alexander sends us a very striking collection of
Postcards of what is called the "A. L." series, produced by the Aristophot Company. They have a timely reference to the Colonial Con- ference, for they give us a number of very vivid representations of cities/ harbours, landscapes in the Colonies and India, and of eminent personages connected with various parts of the Empire. For Canada we have, among others, portraits of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lord Grey, the Cathedral of Montreal, Victoria in British Columbia, and, an interesting contrast, Winnipeg as it was in 1870,—it is now asking for half-a-million or so for city improvements. Australasia is well represented. Sydney Harbour, of course, figures among the views; in New South Wales we have the Picton Viaduct and the Hawkesbnry Railway Bridge ;. some striking landscapes in the Northern territory of South Australia and Queensland. The Trsessvaal and Cape Colony. pictures are particularly good. —With these we may mention the publication of two more series of the Country Press Pictorial. Descriptive Postcards (19 Ball Street, Kensington). The photo- graphs were taken by a well-known expert in such matters, Mr. Francis George Heath. The two series (6& each) contain twelve. cards, together giving two representations of the, following, trees, common elm, common lime, Oriental plane, London plane (that which flourishes so well in Cavendish Square and elsewhere,, owing to its shedding its bark annually), grey poplar, and black poplar. Each tree is given in outline, and with a near view of its bole, the first view having a description of its appearance, /co., the second an account of the uses to which the timber may be put.
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