The Sunday at Home. (R.T.S. 7s. 6d.)—After loosing through the
Sunday at Home one cannot but be struck by the almost entire absence of articles of a secular nature, such as appear in other magazines of this description. We venture to think that a paper on wireless telegraphy, or some such subject of universal interest, could not but be of benefit to the readers, and would not seriously detract from the religious character of the magazine. Amongst the fiction is the serial story, "Under Calvin's Spell," of which we have already spoken with praise. Fewer illustrations, of a better quality, would have been an improvement. The papers by, or about, famous clergymen of all sects are interesting and instructive.— The Leisure Hcrur. (Same publishers. is.6d.)—Amongthose readers of the Leisure Hour to whom the miscellaneous papers are of interest there can be few who will not feel grateful to the editor for the admirable selection of articles of this description contained in the present volume. "The Coastwise Lights of England," by Gertrude Bacon, contains muclr valuable matter concerning the Trinity House and its work which cannot fail to appeal to most English people, and it is illustrated by particularly good photographs. Among the historical papers we must mention the one on Philippine Welen, whose romantic story is very pleasantly told by Mr. Algernon Ridgeway. The fiction cannot be said to be in any way above the average ; one feels that it does not come up to the standard main- tained in the rest of the magazine ; but perhaps th:s is hardly to be expected.
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