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[2°d s. VII. April 2. '59. 



Vale of White Horse (2"^ S. vii, 28.) — Reading 

 " N. & Q." whilst approaching VVestbury by rail- 

 way, I met with Caballarius' inquiry respecting 

 the situation of the second White Horse in Wilt- 

 shire. By a singular coincidence, on entering the 

 town, I found the object facing me. The horse 

 is in a standing position, and at the distance ap- 

 pears to be very well formed. I was told that it 

 is constantly cleaned and kept in repair. I had 

 not time to visit it nor to make minute inquiries 

 as to its dimensions, &c. F. B. R. 



Turners View of Eltham Palace (P' S. vii. 90, 

 118. 193.) — Does any one possess this picture? 

 Is its size 12 in. by 14 in., in oil ? J. M. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



Bentlcy^s Qaartei-ly Bevieio. No. 1., March, 1859. (Bent- 

 ley.) 



There can be no doubt as to the vast amount of abilitj' 

 which is displaj'ed in this new Quarterly candidate for 

 public favour. It is obviously the organ of the band of 

 writers and thinkers who march under the banner of 

 The Saturday Review ; and who are certainly not open to 

 the charge of praising indiscriminately all who come be- 

 fore them. The literarj' articles consist of the very able 

 paper entitled Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age; 

 the sharp one upon Bulwer's Novels ; the verj' kind one on 

 Horace Walpole ; one on the Prospects of Art in England; 

 and one on Historical Study at Oxford. The remainder 

 of the Keview is devoted to graver matters, viz. English 

 Politics and Parties; The Commercial Crisis of 1857, and 

 the Currency ; Indian Conversion ; Civilisation in Russia ; 

 and Austrian Italy. All these are cleverly written ; 

 and few readers will close the first number of Rentley's 

 Quarterly Review without fueling that it is destined to 

 take a high position among the organs of public opinion 

 in this countr3'. 



The Philological Essays of the late Rev. Richard Garnett 

 of the British 3Iuseum. Edited by his Son. 8vo. (Williams 

 and Norgate.) 



The late Mr. Garnett of the British Museum was one of 

 the ablest students of our early language and literature, 

 and one of the most conscientious : and the present vo- 

 lume, which consists of a reprint of the various papers 

 contributed by him to the Quarterly Review, the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Philological Society, ^c, is at once a 

 graceful tribute to his memory, which is most creditable 

 to the feelings of the editor, and a boon to philological 

 inquirers. The collection consists of no less than thir- 

 teen Essays, all being alike distinguished by profound 

 learning and acute criticism. 



Roufledge's Illustrated Natural History. By the Rev. 

 J. G. Wood, M.A., &c. Part I., April. (Routledge.) 



Messrs. Routledge have, we think, exercised a wise 

 discretion in entrusting what is obviouslj' intended to be 

 a Popular Natural History to the editorial superinten- 

 dence of the Rev. J. G. Wood. The success which has 

 attended that gentleman's Common Objects of tJie Sea 

 Shore and other popular works, has shown that he pos- 

 sesses those essential qualifications for the task — a com- 

 petent knowledge of his subject combined with an ardent 

 love of it — and there can be little doubt, judging from 

 the number before us, that from the ability of the editor. 



and the talent of the artists. Wolf, Harvey, Weir, Cole- 

 man, &c., and of the brothers Dalziel, bv whom the 

 woodcuts are engraved, Routledge's Illustrated Natural 

 History will find a welcome in every home in which any 

 branch of that humanising study is pursued. 



The Town Garden : a Manual for the Management of 

 City and Suburban Gardens. By Shirley Hibberd. 

 Second Edition. (Groombridge.) 



If the cultivation of flowers in London be one of the 

 "pursuits of knowledge under difficulties," it is one which 

 carries with it its own great reward. The difficulties will, 

 however, be greatly diminished by a careful attention to 

 the directions of one who has himself encountered and 

 mastered them. Such is our old correspondent Mr. Shir- 

 ley Hibberd, the second edition of whose useful little book 

 upon the subject we can cordially recommend to all who 

 love flowers and are compelled to live in London. 



_ Lord Byron's Poetical Works, Murray^s Complete Edi- 

 tion. Part III. 



Boswell's Life of Johnson. Edited by the Right Hon. 

 J. W. Croker. With Illustrations. Part II. (Murraj'.) 



This new Part of Murray^ s Complete Edition of Byron 

 contains " Manfred," " Marino Faliero," " Heaven and 

 li^arth;" and " Sardanapalus." The new Part of Croher's 

 Revised Edition of Boswell is illustrated with Sir Joshua's 

 portrait of Mrs. Piozzi. 



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