3 MAY 1879, page 20

The Land Of Midian Revisited.* The Words " Midian" And

" Midiamtes " are, of course, familiar to every reader of the Bible ; even the little school-girl knows that it was to merchants of this nation—Ishmaelites—that Joseph was sold.......

Some Oddities Of Sport.*

THu writer in the Field to whom we are already indebted for a couple of entertaining books on shooting, yachting, and sea- flahing trips, at home and abroad, now follows them up......