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new monthly, of which two issues (July and August) are now before us. They contain some good work. We may mention Miss S. Gertrude Ford's "Art of William Watson," and Mr. D. Davasse's paper on "The Life and Work of 'the late Sir Edwin Arnold." We wish it well, and so counsel the editor to be as despotic as he can.