1 JANUARY 1881, page 29

The Leaden Casket.*

WnEN we find the nephew of a village butcher turning out a highly-polished and gentlemanlike artist-hero, we feel that the title of this book is justified, since art, culture,......

What Girls Can Do.* "i Wonder," Said Mrs. Somerville's...

Aunt Janet to Lady Fairfax, the mother of the future translatress of Laplace, I wonder you let Mary waste her time in reading. She never shews (sews) more than if she were a man......

A Spoiled Story Of The Zulu War.*

IT does not need the existence of disturbance and the possibility - of disaster in South Africa, to make a story of the Zulu cam- paign full of interest to English readers. The......