Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. (W. and R. Chambers. 9s.) — We are
glad to have the opportunity of noticing the yearly 'volume of this magazine. Chambers's Journal, in point of seuiority, yields only to Blackwood, the Gentleman's Magazine being left out of consideration. The two long stories in this volume—which worthily maintains the standard of its pre- decessors—are above the average in merit. In "Giant Circumstance "—an ingenious apology for the use of coincidences —Mr. Oxenham seems to change his mind in the progress of his tale, and gives up his intended attack on the War Office, Possibly we gain by the change. The other story is distinctly original. The "Autocrat" relates how a somewhat unscrupulous adventurer plays the part of a King in the Far East. The useful articles are well chosen, and the whole makes a very readable volume. In the "Secret of the Glacier" the lawyers need not have been so troubled about the missing register. Copies of all parish registers are to be found in the diocesan offices (up to the time of the Somerset House system).
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