The Sunday Magazine. (Isbister and Co.)—One of the two serials
is by Mrs. Marshall, which is sure to possess an attraction for many readers of the Sunday Magazine, and besides these two long stories there are nine short ones in single articles. The religious papers include a series of eleven articles on " The Dis- cipline of the Soul," by " Ian Maclaren," who also has a bio- graphical paper allotted to him ; four articles entitled " On the Art of Living Together," by the Rev. R. F. Horton ; and a most instructive paper on " The Old Religion of China,"- i.e., Taoism. Biographical and historical subjects are well represented by "Edward Capern, the Postman-Poet of Bide- ford," an illustrated article on " The Dress of the Clergy," " The Gurneys of Earlham," and " Lincoln Palace." A really admirable series of seven descriptive articles is that of Dr. Wells on his Palestine wanderings. Among other biographical papers we may mention interviews with the Primate of Ireland and Lady Henry Somerset. The series entitled " Typical Sundays " is a happy idea, and describes by several writers " Sunday Mornings at St. Giles, Edinburgh," " Sunday at Sea," " Sunday at a Cinque Port," " Sunday Morning in Westminster Abbey," and " Sunday Morning in the City Temple." A few articles go to make up that comprehensive word " Literature," the most interesting of which appear to us to be "The Most Popular Hymns" and " What Constitutes a Good Hymn ? " Among natural history subjects we may mention " Natural Artillery," by the Rev. Theodore Wood, and two articles on nests by L'Aigle Cole and C. J. Cornish. There are some thirty pieces of poetry. The " miscellaneous" articles include some twenty different writers, and are most various, as such titles as " Police Court Lady Visitors," " On Bits of Furni- ture," three articles by Mr. Baring-Gould, " A Doss-house Sketch," by A. Sherwell ; " Experiences of a Hospital Nurse," and "Life at the Cambridge Teachers' College," show. Among the illustrations we should mention the cuts to " Zoology in Wood and Stone," by Sophia Beale, which are capital ; the admirable illustrations by Mr. Arthur Twiddle to Dr. Wells's Palestine papers, the " Doss-house" illustrations, and a variety of small cuts all excellent and judiciously placed. The Sunday Magazine is this year as good as it has ever been and perhaps better than ever, some of the larger plates calling for especial praise.
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