12 JANUARY 1895, page 23

The Portfolio : January. (seeley And Co.) — The Portfolio...

the second year of its latest form of life with an admirable number, "The Early Work of Raphael," by Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Henry Ady). Mrs. Ady sketches the life of the great......

The Papers Of This Character Are "history And Fiction,—a...

with Mr. Stanley J. Weyman," by Mr. Frederick Dolman ; "The Picturesqueness of the Peers," by Mr. Alfred Robbins, which, though not at all political, may be found interesting at......

Debretes Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, And...

publication which has reached the one hun- dred and eighty-second year of its existence, hardly needs any recommendation. " Debrett " is as complete as ever, and as much up to......

The Minster Aims At A More Distinctive Mission Than The

Windsor. The objects of its conductors is "to combine the serious with the light ; to provide our readers with articles that commend themselves to the highest and most......

Is Not Too Solid With Fiction That Is Not Too

trivial. It contains quite a number of useful " general " papers of different kinds,—as The New Treatment of Diphtheria," "Peculiarities of the Upper House," "The Pressgang and......

.r/ Mal Occhio. By G. S. Godkin. (swan Sonnensehein And

Co.)—This story of the "Evil Eye," a title which the book would have had, we suppose, had it not been anticipated, takes us back to the seventeenth century, and to the religious......

The Conductors Of The Pall Mall Magazine Are Sparing No

efforts or expense to make their magazine popular and attractive. The result is not, however, perfectly satisfactory. The January number, for example, gives the impression of......

Atalanta Has Changed Its Outward Form More Than Once In

the course of its career, but it always sustains its reputation as a really high.class magazine for girls. All the papers in the January number are good. Exceptionally readable......

Good Words For 1895 Makes A Most Promising Start With

a bright new cover, several original features, including reproductions of works of art and "Bits about Books," and the first instalments of new stories by Mr. S. R. Crockett and......

The Argosy Has Been Doubled In Size. But The Spirit

of Mrs. Henry Wood still dominates it ; and indeed, the new number contains the first instalment of a posthumous story by her, "Mr. Castonel," which promises well. In other......

The Antiquary (elliot Stock) 'appeals Mainly—and It May...

successfully—to a limited, but no doubt increasing class of readers. There are, however, in the January number, several articles which are of general and not exclusively......