The Victorian Era. By P. Anderson Graham. (Longmans and Co.)—Mr.
Graham gives us a biography of the Queen, with a sketch of her family history, and essays on the leading events in the way of change, progress, &c., which have occurred during the sixty years of her reign. Occasionally these subjects are illus- trated by poems of Browning, Wordsworth, and others.—Sixty Years of the Queen's Reign, by Sir Richard Temple (Routledge and Sons), treats the same subject in a more strictly political way. It shows us how the Empire has grown during this period, and how it now stands in respect of its government.—Queen Victoria: Events of the Reign, 1837-1897, compiled by Frederick Ryland (George Allen), gives, under the separate headings of " Home Politics," "Foreign and Colonial Politics," "Literature," "Arts and Sport," "Inventions and Discoveries," "Miscel- laneous," the chief incidents of the reign.—We have also received Our Queen : her Homes and her Surroundings (Unwin Brothers), with portraits of the Queen, the late Prince Con- sort, their children, with wives and husbands, and pictures of Windsor Castle, Balmoral, &c. ; The Life of her Majesty the Queen, with. Sketches of the Royal Family, Nineteenth Thousand (S.P.C.K.); and Our Gracious Queen.: Pictures and Stories from her Majesty's Life, by Mrs. 0. F. Walton (R.T.S.) —Glimpses of our Empire. By Robinson Souttar. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Here we have a description of our Empire, and a brief narrative of how it was acquired and how it is governed. As to India, it is very pertinently remarked that if from any cause we should retire from it—a contingency hardly within practical politics—some other European Power would most certainly take our place. In this case it reverts or falls not to Russia but to France, which had once a great interest, and still possesses some interest, in the country.—These Sixty Years : a Sketch of British Progress under Queen Victoria. By F. M. Holmes and others. (R.T.S.)
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