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Spanish Cities. By Charles Augustin Stoddard. (Chapman and Hall.) —If

Mr. Stoddard has little that is new to tell us, he puts the old with freshness and force. There is, too, a certain element of novelty in all impressions of travel made on an in- telligent observer. Probably, Spain has changed as much as any country in the Old World since Washington Irving visited it. Mr. Stoddard's book is illustrated with some excellent photo- graphs, and is in every way a creditable volume.