24 JANUARY 1885, page 20

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—OLD MASTERS.—T. THE present exhibition of Old Masters at Burlington House is the smallest that has yet been made at this winter season ; it is also, perhaps......

Books.

THE LIFE OF BAYARD TAYLOR.* SINCE the publication of Mr. Cooke's biography of Emerson we have had no record of a literary career more pleasant in any and every way than this......