MAGAZINES AND SERIAL LMERATITRE.—We have received the follow- ing for
May :—The Gentleman's Magazine, in which Mr. P. Kent, in na article on the "Bar as a Trade," concludes as follows :—" Tc> sum up this latter branch of my subject : men who are altogether independent may go to the Bar as they might go on a yachting expe- dition; shrewd, smart, pushing, unscrupulous men, without private means, may find the game of heads-I-win-and-taile-you-loee as profit- able in this as in any other branch of speculation. For men who de come within either of these two classes, going to the Bar is sheer insanity."—Belgravia.—The University Magazine, the Rev. J. Llewelyn Davies being the subject of the contemporary biography and portrait.—Men of Mark, containing photographs and ethort biographical notices of Sir Charles Reed, the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, and the Right Hon. Lord Justice James. — The Journal of Science.—Part I. of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries.—The Victoria Magazine.— The Nautical Magazine.— Tineley's Magazine, con- taining the first instalment of a new tale by B. H. Buxton, and some interesting notes on the Cape Colony and the Transvaal.— London Society, which gives this month some amusing and interest- ing illustrated descriptions of juvenile life in uncivilised countries.— Part 49 of Cassell's Library of English Literature.—Part 13 of the- Magazine of Art.---Part 1 of a new and revised serial edition of the Book of the Horse, by B. Sidney.—The Poet's Magazine.—The Law Magazine and Review.—Part I. of Greenhouse Favourites (Groom. bridge), a short treatise on the Camellia, illustrated by two coloured plates.—Part 5 of the serial publication of Mr. F. G. Heath's well-known work, the Fern World, with a fac-simile of one of the original coloured plates.—Part 12 of the Cheveley Novels, containing the conclusion of "Saul Weir."—No. 13 of the new series of Tales from Blackwood, containing "Cousin John's Property," "A Modern Magician," and "Edgar Wayne's Escape."—Mr. Watson Lya,ll's exceedingly useful Sportsman's and Tourist's Guide to Scotland. —The Theatre, containing photographic portraits and short bio- graphical notices of Miss Ada Swanborough and Mr. Conway.— Science Gossip, containing the first of a series of articles on the New Forest, and an account of a curious instance of pride in a cow.— Chamber's Journal.— The Month.—The Catholic Presbyterian.— Catholic Progress.—Mission Life.—Golden Hours.—Sunday.—Good Words.—Sunday at Home.—Leisure Hour.—All the Year Round.— No. 5 of the Magazine of American History.—Vol. I. of the American Chemical Journal.—The International Review.—The North-American _Review.—Lippincott's Magazine.—The Atlantic Monthly.—Scribner' s Monthly, containing the first of a series of illustrated papers on Brazil. $t. Nicholas, a capital children's number.