5 JANUARY 1884, page 23

Nature Near London.* The Ignorance Of Clever People Who Live

in cities is inestimable. If Milton be right in saying that to know that which around us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom, then in that prime wisdom are they frequently......

Some Of The Magazines.

THE best contribution to the Magazines this month is Mrs. Oliphant's " Old Lady Mary, a Story of the Seen and Unseen," in Blackwood. No one but Mrs. Oliphant would have dared to......