Mr. W. T. Stead was not likely to miss the
opportunity afforded by the time. Accordingly we have as the Review of Reviews Annual, "Lest we Forget" : a Keepsake from the Nineteenth Century (Review of Reviews Office, is.) Of course he gives us his favourite fads and fancies. There is some very good reading in the Annual, and a number of interesting portraits. And the reader can always exercise his liberty of skipping.—If by chance he should find an unpleasant taste of "Little Englandism " in his mouth, let him look at the Calendar of Empire, by Ian Malcolm, M.P. (Blackwood and Sons, as.) We cannot do better than give, by way of showing what Mr. Malcolm has aimed at, the calendar for the first three days of the year :— " January 1.—Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1801.
Queen Victoria declared Empress of India, 1876.
.It is by this amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations.'—Loan kizAcouseimin. January 2.—Slavery abolished in U.S.A., 1863.
Slaves cannot breathe in England, if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free.'
January 3.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes declares conquest of Matabele- land, 1894.
While the German grows fat and the Frenchman withers, the Englishman plays lawn• tennis under a tropical sun.' —LoaR Cua ZON."
It will be seen that all Mr. Malcolm's heroes are not heroes to us But he is certainly eclectic and liberal, and not disposed to give up to party what was meant for mankind.
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