3 MARCH 1883, page 25

• Gibbon Tells It Well. His Volumes Are Excellent Reading.

There is not a single character in them but is vigorously drawn ; men and women are equAlly good—a very rare merit—though we should be inclined to give the palm to the minister,......

We Have Received A Useful Little Edition Of Othello, By

E. R. Parnell, (Rivingtons.)—The introduction summarises very well the argu- ment for the generally-accepted division of Shakespeare's Plays, and for the position of Othello......

Chroniques Du Temps Passes Le Conte De L'archer. Par Armand

Silvestre. Aquarelles de A. Poirson, gravies par Gillot. (Lahore, Paris.)—This is a beautiful specimen of French typography, embody- ing a charming story of an archer. It tells......