5 AUGUST 1876, Page 20

London Society, for August (S. Low and Co.) is very

like Temple Bar, "only more so." It opens with an article, by Mr. J. F. Boyes, called "Queen Scarborough," which we have found very readable, hitting off some of the more salient features of the popular watering-place. Excepting the serial tales, the other papers are very slight, and we could dispense with all the illustrations. London Society wants "back- bone."