16 JANUARY 1897, page 17

Art.

LORD LEIGHTON'S PICTURES AT THE ACADEMY. Sonic men develop slowly, others when they begin their life's work seem fully prepared and equipped. Lord Leighton was of this last......

Books.

LETTERS OF A FRENCH COUNTRY VICAR.* ONE of the great charms of the best French literature is its simplicity,—a simplicity so lucid and naive that no translation can reproduce......