18 JANUARY 1890, page 19

Anton Rubinstein.*

THE prevailing craze for antedating everything finds one of its least satisfactory outcomes in the practice of compiling biographies of celebrities who are still alive. Such......

Travels In The Shan States.*

A SOLID book of travel is always welcome, especially when the traveller is a methodical as well as a keen observer, and one not too anxious about his creature-comforts. The......