18 NOVEMBER 1893, Page 36

Shadows of the Stage. By William Winter. (Edinburgh : David

Douglas.)—This, the "Second Series" of Mr. Winter's theatrical' memories, is a pleasant volume to look at and to read. Some of the names are probably better known on the other side of the Atlantic than they are on this—Booth, for instance, and Forrest and John Brougham. On the other hand, we are glad to have the opinion of so intelligent and experienced a critic on Irving, Sarah Bernhardt, Madame Ristori, Madame Modjeska, and Coquelin.

We have received a convenient reprint of Bunyan's Holy War (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier), with a prefatory note, in which Lord Macauley's opinion is appropriately quoted : "If 'The Pilgrim's Progress' did not exist, 'The Holy War' would be the best allegory that ever was written."