3 MAY 1879, page 15

Art.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS AT BURLINGTON HOUSE. IT is best to speak out the disagreeable truth at once, without fear or favour,—and in the present instance very disagreeable that truth......

. Books.

M. TRIERS' SPEECHES.* Ir was perfectly right to publish a collection of M. Thiers' speeches. They are likely to be his most durable monument. The majority of his books will be......