11 MAY 1895, page 17

Art.

THE ACADEMY.—I. BEING REFLECTIONS ON SIMPLE TASTES. WHY all this huge pretence of painting and pretence of a taste for painting ? In matters the public really has a taste for,......

Books.

THE STORY OF THE ARMADA.* THESE State Papers relate to the condition of the English Navy during the year 1588. They are many and various ; there are letters from Howard of......