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We have received Part XIII. of A Picturesque History of

York- shire, by J. S. Fletcher (J. M. Dent and Co., Is. net). It contains " The Lower Derwent," in four chapters (48-51), and the opening part of " The Upper Derwent," as contained in chap. 52. Among the places described are Stamford Bridge, Foaton (where Sydney Smith had his first benefice), Castle Howard, Melton (to which a whole chapter is devoted), Duncombe Park, Rievaulx Abbey, Kirkby Moorside, and Pickering. The illustrations are good as usual; we must specially mention Mr. Herbert Kailton's " Byland Abbey."