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The Pilgrimage Of The Ben Beriah. By Charlotte M. Yonge.

(Macmillan and Co.)—Miss Yonge shows no little of her wonted skill in filling up with imaginary figures the outlined story which we have in Exodus. Thera are the believers and......

The English Regalia. By Cyril Davenport. (kegal Paul And...

is an exhaustive account of the crowns, sceptres, robes, and other things belonging to the coronation of our Sovereigns. Most of the jewellery dates from the reign of Charles......

A Pinchbeck Ooddess. By Mrs. J. M. Fielding. (w. Heinemann.)

—Mrs. Fielding (Alice M. Kipling) has certainly contrived in this story an excellent surprise. We do not, indeed, believe that the heroine would ever have masqueraded in such a......

A Nineteenth Century Miracle. By Louis Zangwill. (chatto...

Zangwill makes fools of his readers with fair success. Mr. Robert Ashfield is swept off the deck of a steamer into the sea, and his body is found at the same hour in a London......

English Illustration In "the Sixties." By Gleeson White....

and Co.)—It was a happy idea to collect together the illustrations scattered through books and magazines of such men as Millais, Sandys, Whistler, Houghton, and others. Besides......

"old Man's" Marriage. By G. B. Burgin. (grant Richards.) -

-Is there, indeed, any region in Canada of which "Four Corners" village, as Mr. Burgin graphically describes it, is typical ? We know the familiar properties, the fighting......

Stained Glass As An Art. By Henry Holiday. (macmillan And

Co.) —Mr. Holiday gives an interesting and thorough account of the art of stained glass, both from the points of view of designing and of carrying out the work. The book is......

The Connoisseur. By F. S. Robinson. (g. Redway.)—this...

of essays deals with a wide range of subjects connected with art. There is still a good deal of romance left in the collector's world, it seems ; and Mr. Robinson recounts many......

Lectures On Art. By Sir E. J. Poynter. (chapman And

Hall.)— These lectures, which were delivered at various places between 1879 and 1885, cover a wide ground. They deal with art theories in the abstract, and also, in those......

Pen And Pencil In Parliament. By Harry Furniss. (sampson Low

and Co.)—These sketches in words and lines both repel and attract. Repel by their vulgarity, and attract by their cleverness. Mr. Furniss is at his best when drawing Mr. Glad-......