11 MARCH 1882, page 23

A Historical Story-book.*

" WITHIN the latter half of this century, historical subjects have been rewritten." So says the author of these volumes, and • Stories from the State Papers. By Alex. Charles......

A Chinese Lexicographer.*

WE have only transcribed in our foot-note a very small portion of the letterpress which appears on the title-page of this bulky volume. We learn from that exhaustive and rather......