In The "temple Series Of English Texts" (j. M. Dent

and Co.) we have The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott (1s. 6d.) Mr. G. L. Turnbull, M.A., furnishes a Biographical Introduction, Notes, and Glossary. Considering that "no one reads......

Parisians Out Of Doors. By F. Berkeley Smith. (funk And

Wagnalls Company. 6s.)—Mr. Berkeley Smith has written about Paris before, and written in a very picturesque fashion. (" How Paris Amuses Itself" will probably occur to many of......

We Have Received The Second Volume Of Auction Prices Of

Books, Edited by Luther S. Livingston (Elliot Stock. In 4 vols., £8 8s. the set.)—The first was noticed in the Spectator of June 24th. We may remind our readers that this is a......

Small Culture. Edited By W. J. Malden. (e. Marlborough And

Co.)—This is the title given to two series of articles, pub- lished in separate volumes (Is. each), in which such subjects as "simple cow-keeping," pigs, poultry, gardens, and......

Letter-book G., Temp. Edward Hi. Edited By Reginald R....

D.C.L. (J. E. Francis.)—This is one of the series of "Letter-Books" preserved in the archives of the City of London. It covers the period A.D. 1352-1374. It is scarcely......

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[*** Erratiim.—a Correspondent Reminds Us That The First...

List at Cambridge came out in 1824 (not 1823, as given in last week's Spectator). The Chancellor's medals were given in Macaulay's time, but candidates had to qualify by being......