29 JULY 1899, page 10

The Pope's Personality.

T HE very interesting account just published of the present Pope (" Pope Leo XIII.: his Life and Work," by Julien de Narfon ; London : Chapman and Hall) presents an attrac- tive......

The Naturalist On The Thames.

R ECENTLY the Thames Conservancy have ventured to make rules aiming directly at the preservation of the birds and flowers of the Thames. Our largest river has thus become a......