18 JULY 1891, page 36

In Praise Of The Commonwealth.* It Is Always To The

benefit of literature, and especially of his- torical literature, when people who are addicted to the pursuit of another mistress betake themselves in their by-hours to woo the......

The Great American Paradise.*

SOUTHERN California, and Los Angeles County in particular, seem to have solved the problem of a perfect climate, if we are to believe Mr. nick. So graciously does Nature smile......

The Railways And The Traders.*

WE must congratulate Mr. Acworth upon having written a very interesting book on what is prima facie a very dull sub- ject. Railway-rates do not sound a particularly exciting......