13 JULY 1912, page 23

Modern Italy.*

THE success of Mr. Bagot's My Italian Year—a work pub. lished not many months ago—must be gratifying to him, even though it proves that he has under-estimated the interest taken......

Dr. Johnson And Fanny Burney.* It Would Be Hard To

find an aspect of Dr. Johnson's life which shows him in a more wholly charming light than do his relations with Fanny Burney. His deep and delicate affection for the prim little......

The Ezra Apocalypse.*

MR. Box's The Ezra Apocalypse is a most welcome volume. The importance of the Old Testament Apocrypha has of late been frequently impressed upon the notice of students and......