With the February number, Chambers's Journal enters on its fifty-
second volume. The conductors of this magazine deserve great credit for the manner in which they keep up its high reputation. Except the poetry, which is neither better nor worse than ordinary magazine verse, there is absolutely nothing in this number which is not readable. The stories are all good, Mr. Harwood in particular making a promising start., with, "One False, both Fair." The in- formative and anecdotal papers are excellent, and deal with such different subjects as "Monday at her Majesty's Tower," "Curiosities of the Telephone," "A Roland for an Oliver," and "The Humours of Examinations." The last, indeed, suggests the ingenuity of 'the_ hoaxer. Where was the student raised who wrote, "The sweet bread is called the Pancreas, being so named after the Midland Railway Station in London ?"
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