11 AUGUST 1888, page 21

France And The Secession Wail*

" AT one stage of our civil war," writes Mr. John Bigelow in the preface to his very interesting book, " it seemed as though its fate was to be decided less by the belligerents......

Mr. Crawford's New Book.* On The Southern And Rocky Shore

of the Sorrentine peninsula, the cliffs rise precipitously from the dark water ; and perched on them here and there may be seen a little town hanging like a sea-bird in a cranny......