5 AUGUST 1893, page 22

The Magazines.

THE August number of the National Review is a strong one, and promises well for the new management. A noticeable new feature is the "Episodes of the Month,"—a series of longish......

The Defence Of Derry.* A Knowledge Of Events Is Not

in the highest sense a know- ledge of history. Thus to know history is like knowing a country from maps. A map cannot show how a country appears to a traveller ; and a mere......