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inn "Sony's from the South," by J. B. 

 idle Younger American Poets, 1880- 

 cdited by I>ouglas Sladcn, with an 

 " Younger Canadian 1'oets." -The 

 and 1'octry of the Century," edited by 

 II. liilea, to be completed in ten vof- 

 liad four iued in IS'.M, co\cring "Crabbe 

 Coleridge." "Sonthey to Shelley," "Keats to 

 ward, Lord Lytton, and "William Morris to 

 U..bert Buchanan." Andrew Lang edited "The 

 Blue Poetry Hook," and W. E. Henley "Lyra 

 Kli/.abethan Songs in Honour of 

 \e and Beautie," collected and illustrated by 

 ward II. (iarrett, had an introtluction by An- 

 drew La 111;. A cheap edition of the "Poetical 

 Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti" was made, 

 and " Poems," by Mrs. Archer Clive, were re- 

 printed, with additions, after fifty years. 



Voyages and Travels. Among the most 

 prominent books of the year in this department 

 wr^ ; " Japonica," three papers originally writ- 

 for "Scribner's Magazine," by Sir Edwin 

 mold, collected into a handsome volume, with 

 illustrations from life, and "Seas and Lands," a 

 >f letters also from his pen to the London 

 "y Telegraph" from both America and 

 i. " The Story of the Rear Column of the 

 in Pasha Relief "Expedition," edited by Mrs. 

 les S. Jameson, and "My Personal Experi- 

 ces in Equatorial Africa as Medical Officer of 

 the Kmin Pasha Relief Expedition," by Dr. T. 

 II. 1'arke, practically, it is to be hoped, closed 

 the unfortunate controversy of last year. From 

 Jane P. Moir we have " A Lady's Letters from 

 tral Africa," and from L. Monteith Fother- 

 ham, "Adventures in Nyassaland," a two 

 struggle with Arab slave dealers in the 

 e region. " Home Life on an Ostrich Farm," 

 Mrs. Annie Martin, was one of the most 

 striking descriptions of South Africa ever 

 penned, and attracted wide attention. Ronald 

 Smith was at home in the "Great Gold Lands 

 of South Africa," and E. P. Mathers dwelt upon 

 Zambesia: England's El Dorado in Africa." 

 Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria," by G. 

 aspero, and "Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explor- 

 ers, a series of lectures delivered by Miss Amelia 

 B. Edwards in the United States in 1889, were 

 of special value. Henry C. Barkley took "A 

 Ride through Asia Minor and Armenia," and 

 H. de Windt "A Ride to India Across Persia 

 and Beloochistan." "Journeys in Persia and 

 Kurdistan," by Isabella L. B'ird (Mrs. Bishop), 

 included a summer in the L^pper Karun region 

 and a visit to the Nestorian Rayans; Miss Ellen 

 Miller went "Alone through Syria"; Rose 

 Monteiro described "Delagoa Bay: its Natives 

 and Natural History"; J. Foreman, "The Phil- 

 ippine Islands " ; and Mrs. Dora Hoyt, " Tahiti : 

 the Garden of the Pacific." Other women who 

 traveled and described their travels during the 

 year were Mrs. Oliphant, who visited "Jerusa- 

 lem." and Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell, who 

 made " A Mad Tour, or a Journey undertaken 

 in an Insane Moment through Central Italy on 

 Foot." " Glimpses of Italian Society in the 

 Eighteenth Century," from the journal of Mrs. 

 Pioxzi, were furnished with an introduction by 

 the Countess Evelyn Montenengo Cesaresco. " A 

 Girl in the Karpathians," by Menie Muriel Nor- 

 man; "Peeps at Portugal," by W. O'Connor 



Morris; "Across the Border; or, Patlian and 



Bilncli," by K. K. Oliver; "A Summer in Ki-fT, 

 or Sunny I>ays in Southern Russia," by ! 

 M"!Ti-; "In Troubadour Land: a Ramble in 

 Pro\eiice and I.an^'in d'.>-," by S. I5ariiiL'-(ioiild ; 

 "The Country of the Vosges" and "Watering 

 Places of the Norumbega," l>y Henry W. Wolff; 

 " New China and Old : Personal Recollections 

 and Observations of Thirty Years," by the v. n- 

 erable Arthur E. Moule; and "With (Jordon 

 in China," letters from Thomas Lystcr. lieuten- 

 ant R. K.. edited by E. A. Lyster, possessed a 

 varied interest and found many readers, as did 

 "Russian Traits and Terrors." a faithful picture 

 of the Russia of to-day, by E. B. Lanin (the col- 

 lective signature of several writers in the "Fort- 

 nightly Review "), with an ode by Algernon 

 Charles Swinburne. " The Melanesians," by R. 

 H. Codrington, was devoted mainly to anthro- 

 pology and folk lore. " My Canadian Journal," 

 by the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, con- 

 sisted of extracts from letters written home dur- 

 ing the six years Lord Dufferin was Governor- 

 General of the province. Cecil Roberts described 

 work and adventure in the States in " Adrift in 

 America." George Broke, " With Sack and 

 Stock in Alaska," and II. W. Seton Karr, " Bear 

 Hunting in the White Mountains," made them- 

 selves very entertaining, and Max O'Rell (Paul 

 Blouet) talked of himself as " A Frenchman 

 in America." T. Fitzpatrick took " A Transat- 

 lantic Holiday" in the Eastern States, and 

 " Dark Days in Chile " was an account of the 

 revolution of 1891, by M. H. Hervey. Hume 

 Nisbet filled two volumes with the travels and 

 adventures of "A Colonial Tramp " in Australia 

 and New Guinea; "Vicissitudes of Bush Life in 

 Australia and New Zealand " were recounted by 

 Dugald Ferguson ; G. E. Mannering went " With 

 Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps " ; " The 

 Golden Lake," by W. C. Dawe, told the marvel- 

 ous history of a journey through the great lone 

 land of Australia ; Robert Wallace described 

 " The Rural Economy and Agriculture of Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand " ; and W. D. Pitcairn 

 narrated his experience in " Two Years among 

 the Savages of New Guinea." " My Three Years 

 in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Muti- 

 ny " was thrillingly told by Mrs. Ethel St. Clair 

 Grimwood ; " A Month in a Dandi " was the 

 record of a woman's wanderings in northern In- 

 dia, by Christina S. Bremmer, and " Young In- 

 dia " was the title given a series of letters 

 written to the "Pall Mall Gazette" during a 

 political tour in India in the winter of 1890-'91 

 by W. S. Caine. J. J. Hissey went "Across 

 England in a Dog-cart " from London to St. 

 David's and back, and William R. Hughes took 

 "A Week's Tramp in Dickens-land," collecting 

 reminiscences of the " inimitable Boz." Accord- 

 ing to V. Cecil Cotes, " Two Girls on a Barge " 

 made a trip on the Thames and through some of 

 the canals of England, and R. Brougham en- 

 joyed his " Cruise in Friesland Broads." 



^he following is the analysis of the book- 

 publishing trade in England during the year, ac- 

 cording to the figures of the " Publishers' Circu- 

 lar," together with the corresponding figures for 

 1890, printed in parallel columns for the purpose 

 of rendering comparison easy. It will be observed 

 that the totals present only a slight difference : 



