12 OCTOBER 1895, Page 13

Walter Savage Lawlor : a Biography. By John Forster. (Chap-

man and Hall.)—Of course every one ought to know that Landor died more than thirty years ago, and John Forster nearly twenty, and that, consequently, this is a new edition. Yet it would be well always to state the fact on the title-page, or, as is the practice of Messrs. Macmillan, in some other convenient spot. In this particular case it would have been worth while to have a new edition, not a simple reprint. Be this as it may, Landor was a notable personality, and this record of him is full of interest. There was something of the barbarian in his Hellenism, and his work wanted finish, but there was an abundance of force about him.