5 AUGUST 1899, page 23

The Magazines.

THE Nineteenth Century for August has some very good papers. The one which will be looked at first is, we doubt not, the essay headed " Why are our Brains Deteriorating ? " by......

Current Literature.

THE MINOR MAGAZINES. The August number of Macmillan's Magazine is rather disap- pointing. The general articles are distinctly below the very high average of the magazine. The......