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Clarence Kin g Memoirs. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 10s. 6d.) —This

volume contains a short story, "The Helmet of Mambrino," addressed by Clarence King to his friend, Horace F. Cotter (otherwise Don Horaeio) ; a paper on "Don Horacio " by James D. Hague ; and various appreciations of King himself— this volume is published for the "King Memorial Committee "- by various friends, among whose names we recognise those of W. D. Howells, John Hay, and E. C. Stedman. What we miss is a biographical note in which the facts of King's life would be plainly set forth. The papers are, of course, full of allusions which an outsider does not understand. But the book is not meant for outsiders, and our notice of it must, therefore, be purely descriptive.