30 JUNE 1894, Page 12

A Short History of the Renaissance in Italy. Taken from

the Work of John Addington Symonds, by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Pearson. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—The character and, we may say,

the value of this book are sufficiently indicated by the descrip- tive title given above. It has been written with the full approval of the virtual author. " It was my husband's thought," writes Mrs. Pearson in the preface, " to record here the opinion he fre- quently expressed—that the intention of his large work had been thoroughly appreciated by Colonel Pearson, and its essence repro- duced without any important omission." More it is needless to say.