25 MAY 1889, Page 45

Arm - Chair Essays. By the Author of " Three-Cornered Essays." (Ward

and Downey.)—This volume is an olla podrida, not ill- mixed, and easy to consume and digest. There is a somewhat sensational story, " The Curious History of some Misdirected Letters," experiences of travel (Spain and Monte Carlo), an article on " Sussex Downs and Villages," a paper on "The Inner Life of a London Hospital," and essays on dining, on weddings,— one might say almost on quidquid agunt ?tontines. It is a book difficult to describe, and certainly very difficult to review, but, what is far more important, distinctly easy to read. We shall always be glad to renew our acquaintance with the author of Arm-Chair Essays.