14 DECEMBER 1895, page 16

Books.

THE VALLEY OF KASHMIR.* " WRITTEN at odd hours in the midst of much interruption," this is " a report " of the entire condition of Kashmir by the man who knows most about it......

Poetry.

A VISION OF PEACE. IT was a noise of al;awma and tuned flutes That swell'd and rang and floated in the air, With myriad interchangeable salutes Of note with note in complication......