10 DECEMBER 1898, page 24

The Magazines.

THE Contemporary Review publishes two political articles this month, which, like the revelations of the fat boy in Pick- wick, are intended to "make your flesh creep." The first......

Current Literature.

GIFT-BOOKS. Impressions. By Pierre Loti. With an Introduction by Henry James. (A. Constable and Co. 105.)—We are not very fond of the new fashion of ushering in every other book......

Animals Of Today : Their Life And Conversation. By C.

J. Cornish. (Seeley and Co.)—Mr. Cornish is so well known as a writer on natural history and kindred subjects, that a new volume from him hardly needs our recommendation. Our......