4 APRIL 1891, Page 27

Messrs. Cassell and Co, have issued for the Atlas Publishing

Company the first part of The Universal Atlas, which is to be com- pleted in twenty-eight parts. The first gives " general " maps of Europe and France, and smaller maps of Egypt and South Africa. The colouring is sufficiently pronounced, though not in any sense loud ; and the printing, though small, is singularly clear. The map of South Africa indicates very clearly how resolved the pub- lishers of this atlas are to keep it abreast of the times. Alto- gether, this new enterprise promises to be complete success.