27 AUGUST 1864, Page 23

The Temple Anecdotes. By Ralph and Chandos Temple. Nos. 1,

2, 3, "On Invention and Discovery." (Groombridge.)—This is rather a novel kind of periodical, and seems to us very well conceived and very well executed. It is a sort of periodical of anecdote, but not mere mis- cellaneous anecdote,—of classified anecdotes bearing on subjects of real importance, and generally connected with some of the great names of art, science, or history. The subject of the first three numbers is anecdotes "On Invention and Discovery," which aro never pointless, always entertaining, and often new. Each anecdote generally occupies about a page, and connects itself with such names as Watt's, Brunel's, Wedgwood's, Davy's, Franklin's, &a.