1 FEBRUARY 1890, page 18

The Rev. Alfred Gurney's Poems.* Too Saccharine, Is Our...

judgment on these poems. There is a gleam of real poetry in the small volume, but the gleam is bathed in too much sweetness. There is too much popular preacher about the verses,......

A Naturalist In Celebes.*

WHAT little interest has hitherto attached to Celebes is perhaps due rather to the singular appearance it presents on - the map, than to any knowledge the general public has......