30 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 23

The Leisure Hour. (Religious Tract Society.)—The tendency of our magazines

to include subjects of wider variety is very noticeable in the Leisure Hour. Fiction is represented by Mr. -Tighe Hopkins's thoroughly Irish tale of " Carriconna." Genera/ science is represented by a profusion of articles, among which "The Panama Canal," "Mines," "The Feeding of London," together with the "Current Notes on Science" and useful medical lectures, will give an idea of the wide scope of the whole. There are besides, the miscellaneous chapters on "Literature," "Architecture," "History," "Travel," and "Education," which form the backbone of the volume. The series of chapters on "The Handwriting of our Kings and Queens," and the biographical chapters, will have a great interest for many readers.