4 MAY 1872, page 14

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. IT is seldom possible to say in a word whether the Exhibition of the Royal Academy is good or bad. Of course the description must in either case be given by......

Books.

FRENCH DIPLOMACY IN ITALY.-1859-62. 5 Tug reader who takes up this book will naturally expect an agreeable change from the French literature of the last six or eight- months, a......