The Anglo-Saxon. (John Lane. 21s.)—The new number of the Anglo-Saxon
is as gorgeous as ever,—the binding this time being red in colour instead of dark green. It is wonderful how well the literary character of the magazine is maintained, for, as a rule, splendid binding, paper, and illustration tend to kill the letter- press. Lord Barghclere's translations from the Georgics are by no means bad, and show a great deal of feeling both for the poet and his subject, and, best of all, they do not read like translations. Lady Randolph Churchill's " War Letters " are bright and amusing, and tell some good stories. We wish the conductress of the Anglo-Saxon prosperity and success in her plucky attempt to revive the form of publication once made famous by the Keepsake. The Anglo-Saxon is in reality a somewhat severer and more strenuous Keepsake. There is the same splendour of get-up, and the same air of aristocratic authorship about the table of contents.
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