3 FEBRUARY 1900, page 17

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THE UNITED KINGDOM.* THERE are many methods of writing history, and the only true way will (we hope) never be discovered. Since Lucian wrote his famous satire, wits and scholars......

Two Poets.*

WE cannot admire Mr. Swinburne's choice of a subject; nor can we allow that he has improved the story by the refine- ments which he has introduced into it. The tale of Rosa-......

Fasti Etonenses.*

MR. BENSON must be a man of energy, since he has com- posed this book at the same time that he was writing the Life of his father, the late Archbishop, and carrying on the......