16 JULY 1892, page 20

Mr. Stevenson's " Across The Plains."* Those Who May...

having read in Longman's Magazine Mr. Stevenson's delightful account of his journey across America—the journey which made his readers realise the beauty of American local names,......

Poets The Interpreters Of Their Age.* If The English...

had a word for the emotion at the opposite pole to "disappointment," we should cer- tainly use it to describe the impression left upon the mind by Miss Anna Swanwick's book,......