6 APRIL 1878, Page 23

Christopher Columbus. From the French of N. lo Marquis do

Belloy. With fifty-one drawings on wood and six etchings by Lriopold Flamong. (Marcus Ward and Co.)—The narrative is bright and readable. It has nothing now to tell us about Columbus, and the novelty, indeed, would not be easy to find, but it puts together what is known with skill and spirit. But the great value of the book is to be found in the illustra- tions. Tho etchings, a kind of art for which 31. Flaineng's name is justly celebrated, are specially admirable. Both finish and effect are equally marked in them. We may single out for notice the portrait of Columbus, which servos as a frontispiece. Some of the slighter sketches aro very vigorous.