18 JANUARY 1862, page 17

The Last Exploring Expedition.

T HE great task of geographical discovery, which may be said to have commenced with the voyage of Vasco de Gama in 1497, draws rapidly to a close, and one entire range of facts......

Lint Irto.

THE TURNERS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY. To enter the room in the National Gallery now occupied by the Turner pictures, after looking at the old Italian, Flemish, and Spanish works,......

On The Misuse Of Words :—(letter To The Editor.)

Sut,—As a reader of your journal for the last twenty-five years, I beg to tender you thanks for the nervous and correct language which has marked its columns, and for the......