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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1892. 



religious biography we have also " John William 

 Burgon, late Dean of Chichester," by E. Mey- 

 rick Goulburn, D. D. ; "Henry Martyn, Saint 

 and Scholar," by George Smith : " The Story of 

 Bishop Colenso, the Friend of the Zulus," by 

 Florence Gregg : " James Gilmour of Mongolia," 

 by Richard Lovett, " Shepherd ' Smith, the 

 Universalist : The Story of a Mind," by Rev. 

 James E. Smith ; " Memorials of James Chap- 

 man, First Bishop of Colombo " ; " Charles Kings- 

 ley, Christian Socialist and Social Reformer," 

 by Rev. M. Kaufmann ; and " The Life of Cath- 

 erine Booth, the Mother of the Salvation Army," 

 by F. de L. Booth-Tucker, in two volumes. 

 Spurgeon was commemorated as " The Prince 

 of Preachers " by James Douglas, and from Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Charles we have reminiscences of 

 " Lady Augusta Stanley." the widow of the late 

 dean. " A Protestant Poor Friar," by Brooke 

 Herford, told the work of Travers Madge among 

 the poor of Manchester. " Sixty years of an 

 Agitator's Life," as told by Jacob Holyoake 

 in his autobiography, filled two volumes, and 

 " Heroes of our Day ; or, Recent Winners of the 

 Victoria Cross," by W. Richards, illustrated by 

 Harry Payne, had an interest for boys and men. 

 " The Career of Columbus " was traced by 

 Charles Elton, M. P., in a manner that secured 

 it a welcome in our country amid all that was 

 published on the subject during the year. " The 

 Dictionary of Australasian Biography," by P. 

 Mennell, comprised notices of eminent colonists 

 from 1855 to 1892, and four volumes were added 

 to the " Dictionary of National Biography," ed- 

 ited by Sidney Lee. making so far thirty-two in 

 all. " Half Hours with the Millionaires " were 

 edited by B. B. West, showing how much easier 

 it is to make a million than to spend it; and 

 "Serampore Letters," the unfinished correspond- 

 ence of William Cary and others with John 

 Williams, 1800-'16, edited by Leighton and 

 Mornay Williams, tnrew much light on mission- 

 ary work of the period. " Madagascar, its 

 Missionaries and Martyrs," by W. J. Townsend, 

 and " A Galaxy in the Burman Sky," by W. N. 

 Wyeth, belong also to missionary biography. 



Fine Arts. " Man in Art " was a magnificent 

 volume by Philip Gilbert Hamilton, consisting 

 of studies in religious and historical art, portrait 

 and genre generally conceded to be the most 

 important contribution to this department of 

 the year's literature. " English Pen Artists of 

 To-day," by Charles G. Harper, added criticisms 

 and appreciations to examples of their work, and 

 was a sort of companion volume to Joseph 

 Pennell's " Pen Drawing," which was published 

 in 1889. "When Art begins" was shown by 

 Hume Nisbet ; Walter Crane set forth " The 

 Claims of Decorative Art," with deviations into 

 the domain of socialism; and William Zander 

 supplied designs in color for " Modern Decora- 

 tive Painting." James Ward wrote on "The 

 Elementary Principles of Ornament." Henry 

 Blackburn edited "Academy Sketches, includ- 

 ing Various Exhibitions," with 250 sketches of 

 paintings, water colors, etc., and C. Lowe gave 

 "Four National Exhibitions in London, and 

 their Organizer," with portrait and illustrations. 

 Hubert Herkomer's lectures on " Etching and 

 Mezzotint Engraving," delivered at Oxford, 

 were collected into a volume. Percy Fitzgerald 



expatiated upon " The Art of Acting," and A. 

 B. Walkley imparted his "Playhouse Impres- 

 sions." W. C. Brownell made a study of " French 

 Art : Classic and Contemporary Painting and 

 Sculpture." " Studies in Modern Music," by 

 W. H. Hadow, covered Hector Berlioz, Robert 

 Schumann, and Richard Wagner ; W. Spark 

 proffered " Musical Reminiscences : Past and 

 Present." and " Wagner Sketches, 1849," was " a 

 vindication " by W. A. Ellis. " Architecture, 

 Mysticism, and Myth " were studied by W. R. 

 Lethaby, and A. Heales devoted himself specific- 

 ally to " The Architecture of the Churches of 

 Denmark." " The Poetry of Architecture," as 

 traced by John Ruskin in articles for "London's 

 Magazine," appeared in book form for the first 

 time during the year. " The Cathedral Churches 

 of England and Wales " had their history, archi- 

 tecture, and monuments explored by W. J. 

 Loftie, and the monumental inscriptions and 

 heraldry of " Wells Cathedral " were reproduced 

 by A. J. Jewers. Two volumes contained " The 

 Remains of Ancient Rome," by Prof. J. Henry 

 Middleton, who gave this title to his revised and 

 much enlarged edition of two former works, 

 "Ancient Rome in 1885 " and "Ancient Rome 

 in 1888." A. S. Murray supplied a " Handbook 

 of Greek Archeology," devoted to vases, bronzes, 

 gems, sculpture, terra cottas, mural paintings, 

 architecture, etc. ; Jane E. Harrison added " In- 

 troductory Studies in Greek Art " to her numerous 

 works on the art and literature of Greece : and 

 J. L. Bowes made notes on "Japanese Pottery." 

 " Historic Bindings in the Bodleian Library, 

 Oxford," described by W. Salt Brassington, was 

 furnished with reproductions of 24 of the finest. 

 " Deer Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland," 

 by H. Hope Crealock. was edited by his brother, 

 Maj.-Gen. J. North Crealock ; Richard Lovett 

 edited " Welsh Pictures," with 72 illustrations ; 

 and " Views of the Old Halls of Lancashire and 

 Cheshire," by N. G. Philips, were prefaced with 

 a memoir of the author. " The Copper Coins of 

 Europe "was a contribution to "The Young Col- 

 lector's Series " from Frank C. Higgins ; " Coins 

 and Medals" (giving their place in history and 

 art), by the authors of the " British Museum 

 Official Catalogues," was edited by Stanley Lane- 

 Poole, who traced on his own account " The 

 History of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan 

 Illustrated by their Coins." Reginald Blom- 

 field and F. Inigo Thomas wrote on "The 

 Formal Garden in England," and E. Scott on 

 " Dancing as an Art and Pastime." 



Essays. This title necessarily includes much 

 of criticism and general literary miscellany. Two 

 volumes of "Essays on Literature and Phi- 

 losophy " came from Edward Caird, the distin- 

 guished author of "The Critical Philosophy of 

 Immanuel Kant," and two more of "Essays and 

 Criticisms" from St. George Mivart, the able 

 and accomplished Roman Catholic scientist. 

 George Saintsbury published twelve "Miscel- 

 laneous Essays," and Harry Quilter " Prefer- 

 ences in Art, Life, and Literature," including es- 

 says on the history of pre-Raphaelitism and on 

 contemporary English art, exquisitely bound, 

 and with 64 full-page plates. "Lectures on 

 the History of Literature," delivered by Thomas 

 Carlyle, April to July, 1838, were printed for the 

 first time during the year, with preface and 



