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rative of travels through the snowy Carpathi- 

 ans and Great Alfold of the Magyar (Sampson 

 Low, Marston & Co.) ; Mr. Felkin's and Mr. 

 Wilson's " Uganda and the Egyptian Soodan" 

 (same publishers) ; E. O'Donovan's " The Merv 

 Oasis," being travels and adventures east of 

 the Caspian during the years 1879-'81, includ- 

 ing five months among the Tekkes of Merv 

 (Smith, Elder & Co.) ; W. G. Dixon's " The 

 Land of the Morning, an Account of Japan and 

 its People, based on a Four Years' Residence in 

 that Country, including Travels into the Re- 

 motest Parts of the Interior" (Edinburgh, Gem- 

 mell) ; Rev. Henry Lansdell's " Through Sibe- 

 ria," being a journey of 8,000 miles from the 

 Urals to the Pacific, on the rivers Obi, Amur, 

 and Ussuri, and by the hire of 1,000 horses 

 (Sampson Low, Marston & Co.) ; Mrs. Macin- 

 tosh's " Damascus and its People ; Sketches of 

 Modern Life in Syria " (Seeley) ; Lady Brassey 's 

 " Tahiti," with illustrations (Sampson Low, 

 Marston & Co.); E. 0. Baber's "Travels and 

 Researches in Western China " (Murray) ; G. A. 

 Sala's "America Revisited, from the Bay of 

 New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from 

 Lake Michigan to the Pacific," including the 

 author's experience among the Mormons of 

 Salt Lake City ( Vizetelly & Co.) ; 0. L. Norris- 

 Newman's " With the Boers in the Transvaal 

 and Orange Free State in 1880-'81 " (W. H. 

 Allen & Co.) ; A. Gallenga's " Summer Tour 

 in Russia " (Chapman & Hall). 



As usual, SCIENCE receives a large share of 

 attention. " Water and its Teachings in Chem- 

 istry, Physics, and Physiography," by C. L. 

 Morgan, is a very suggestive and useful hand- 

 book (E. Stanford). " The Sun, its Planets 

 and Satellites," by Rev. E. Ledger, is the Gresh- 

 am Lectures for 1881-'82, upon the Solar Sys- 

 tem (same publisher). "Notes on Evolution 

 and Christianity," by J. F. Yorke, is well worth 

 consulting, though hardly satisfactory (Kegan 

 Paul, Trench & Co.). " Modern Physical Fa- 

 talism, and the Doctrine of Evolution," by Pro- 

 fessor T. R. Birks, is very thorough, including 

 an examination of Herbert Spencers " First 

 Principles " ; new edition, with replies to stric- 

 tures by Spencer and Pritchard (Macmillan & 

 Co.). " Myth and Science," by Tito Vignoli, 

 is interesting and valuable. It is one of the 

 "International Scientific Series," republished 

 by D. Appleton & Co. (Kegan Paul, Trench & 

 Co.). "Permanence and Evolution," by J. E. 

 B. Bouverie - Pusey, and "The Creed of Sci- 

 ence, Religious, Moral, and Social," by W. Gra- 

 ham (same publishers), are clearly and thor- 

 oughly wrought out. Mr. Pusey's inquiry into 

 the supposed mutability of animal types is 

 very valuable. 



Works on AET, in the general sense of the 

 term, are considerably less in number this year 

 than in 1881. " The Graphic Arts, a Treatise 

 on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and En- 

 graving, in Comparison with each other and 

 with Nature," by P. G. Hamerton (Seeley, 

 Jackson & Halliday), is very carefully prepared, 



and ranks as one of the very best books of its 

 kind. "Raphael, his Life and Works; with 

 Particular Reference to Recently Discovered 

 Records," by J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalca- 

 selle (John Murray), is an exhaustive study of 

 extant drawings and pictures. The very valua- 

 ble " Dictionary of Music and Musicians, A. D. 

 1450-'82," edited by Dr. George Grove, has 

 been completed by the publication of voJ. iii 

 (Macmillan & Co.). " A New History of the 

 English Stage," by P. Fitzgerald (Tinsley & 

 Brothers), from the Restoration onward, deals 

 specially with the patent theatres, and is much 

 praised by the critics. Sir Charles Wilson's 

 " Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt," 

 vol. iii, is a magnificent work of art (J. S. Vir- 

 tue & Co.). " Hopes and Fears for Art," by 

 W. Morris (Ellis & White) is a series of five 

 lectures, admirably setting forth the theme 

 chosen by the writer. 



Contributions to POETRY have been few and 

 of small consequence this year. Mr. Swin- 

 burne has published a volume, " Tristram of 

 Lyonnesse, and other Poems " (Chatto & Win- 

 dus), which fully sustains his reputation. Ten- 

 nyson and Mr. and Mrs. Browning have each 

 done something, but not much, for the honor 

 of the Muses in 1882. Edwin Arnold's " The 

 Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation" 

 (Trubner & Co.), is an enthusiastic laudation 

 of the life and teaching of Gautama, Prince of 

 India, and founder of Buddhism. The poem 

 has been much praised and also severely criti- 

 cised. Mr. A. Lang, translator of " The Odys- 

 sey " of Homer, has published a volume enti- 

 tled " Helen of Troy " (George Bell & Sons), 

 which is very creditable to his scholarship and 

 poetic skill ; and Mr. A. Austin has produced 

 some charming lyrical poems, entitled " Solilo- 

 quies in Song " (Macmillan & Co.). In this con- 

 nection may be named Francis Bacon's " The 

 Promus and Formularies and Elegancies," 

 being private notes, circa 1594, hitherto un- 

 published ; illustrated and elucidated by Mrs. 

 Henry Pott, with preface by E. A. Abbott 

 (Longmans). It is the latest effort in favor of 

 the claim made in behalf of Bacon that he 

 wrote the plays, or the chief plays, which thus 

 far have been attributed to William Shake- 

 speare's genius and ability. So far as appears, 

 the present volume is not likely to do much 

 toward a settlement of the several questions at 

 issue. 



In HISTORY, besides those already named 

 under Church History and Biography, a few 

 contributions may be specified. Mr. E. A. 

 Freeman, in his " Reign of William Rufus and 

 the Accession of Henry I " (Oxford, Clarendon 

 Press), has made a valuable addition to the de- 

 partment of history, in which he is justly es- 

 teemed a master; and Mr. J. R. Green, in 

 "The Making of England," has shown the 

 same admirable skill and ability as in his well- 

 known " History of the English People " (Mac- 

 millan & Co.). " The Indian Empire ; its His- 

 tory, People, and Products" (Trubner & Co.), 



