12 JANUARY 1884, page 22

John Herring : A West Of England Romance. By The

Author of " Mehalah." 3 vols. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—This novel Can hardly fail to be somewhat of a disappointment to the expectations which have been formed of the work which......

The Portfolio.—there Is A Very Interesting...

criticism that has yet appeared—on the Cambridge performance of the Birds of Aristophanes. A curious chapter in artistic history is supplied in " Hogarth and the Pirates." The......

We Have Received In An Elegant Little Volume The Fourth

Centenary Edition of Luther's Table-Talk. (T. Fisher ITuwin.)—The Table-Talk was first published in 1564, from the notes of a certain John Gold- sohmidt, supplemented by the......

The Matthew Arnold Birthday Book. Arranged By His...

Arnold. With a Portrait. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—It is impossible to come across Mr. Matthew Arnold's poetry in any form without pleasure, but we confess that this is the form......

Geoffrey Stirling. By Mrs. Leith Adams. 3 Vols. (chapman And

Hall.)—It is not often that we see so slender a stock of material spun out to the orthodox length which suits the circulating libraries — and, we should think, no one else in......

Tinsley' S Magazine For January Is Composed Too Much Of

thin fiction. There is, however, a paper of some interest on " The Life of a News- paper Correspondent," by Mr. O'Shea, which includes a sketch of some of his Irish......

The Eleventh Commandment. By Signor Barrili. (remington.)...

always believed that the Eleventh Commandment was, " Thou shalt not be found out," and we imagine that the majority of English people•are of the same opinion. The Italian......

'twixt France And Spain. By E. Ernest Bilbrongh. (sampson...

and Co.)—We must own to feeling a prejudice against "gossip- ing guides," a class in which Mr. Bilbroagh avowedly includes his volume. Gossip is not always unwelcome, but it......

The Art Journal.—an Engraving By Mr. Lomb Stocks, After Mr.

Millais's " The Princes in the Tbwer," and an etching by Mr. C. 0. Murray, "Dante and Beatrice," after Mr. Harry Holiday, are the chief illustrations in this number. Both are......