Greece : her Present Condition and Recent Progress. By James
Samuelson. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—Greece owes now about 430,000,000. About X10,000,000 has been borrowed since 1881, but only about X6,000,000 actually received by the Greek Treasury, and on this the interest paid is nearly X400,000. Mr. Samuelson has some pertinent remarks on this state of things, He tells us also about recent operations, as, for instance, the draining of Lake Copais. Sixty thousand acres have thus been found. The operation cost 4145,000. But alas for the eels which used to delight the soul of the ancient Athenians I But other
things besides eels must be now scarce in Athens. Owing to the depreciation of paper-money, prices have risen greatly. In fourteen years flesh has risen from 5d. to 8d. per pound, coffee from is. 2d. to 2s. 6d., and tobacco from is. 8d. to 4s. (in round numbers).
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