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istcrs," described by Dean Farrar, Dean Purey-Cust, 

 and others, filled two volumes, illustrated by Henry 

 Kail ton and others; and "The Church Bells of 

 Buckinghamshire, their Inscriptions, Pounders, 

 Uses, and Traditions," were described and illus- 

 trated in a large volume by A. H. Cocks. "The 

 Arms of the Royal and Parliamentary Burgs of 

 Scotland " we owe to John, Marquess of Bute, J. R. 

 N. Macphail, and II. W. Lonsdale. " A Catalogue 

 of Arabic Coins in the Khedival Library, Cairo," 

 came from Stanley Lane-Poole, and " Terra-Cotta 

 Sarcophagi, Greek and Etruscan, in the British 

 Museum," by A. S. Murray, was published by order 

 of the trustees of that institution. " Rex Regum," 

 by Sir Wyke Bayliss, was a painter's study of the 

 likenesses of Christ from the time of the Apostles 

 to the present day, with 50 illustrations. " The 

 Art Annual for 1898," being the Christmas num- 

 ber of the " Art Journal," consisted of the life and 

 work of Lady Butler, by Wilfrid Meynell, with 3 

 full-page plates, and 60 other illustrations ; Sir Wil- 

 liam Blake Richmond delivered a lecture to the 

 students of the Royal Academy upon " Leighton, 

 Millais, and William Morris " ; M. H. Spielmann 

 wrote on " Millais and His Work," and " J. F. 

 Millet and Rustic Art " was the theme of Henry 

 Naegely (Henry Gaelyn), the author of " The Mum- 

 mer and Other Poems." In the " Portfolio Series " 

 R. H. M. Stevenson gave his attention to " Rubens." 

 " Chinese Porcelain," by W. G. Gulland, had notes 

 by T. J. Larkin, and contained 485 illustrations, 

 while " The Ceramics of Swansea and Nantgarw " 

 contained a history of the factories by W. Turner, 

 also illustrated. " The Fringe of an Art," by Ver- 

 non Blackburn, contained appreciation applied to 

 music, and "Voice and Violin " was the title of 

 sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences, by Dr. T. L. 

 Phipson, the author of " Famous Violinists and 

 Fine Violins." II. Tupper considered " The Growth 

 and Influence of Music in Relation to Civilization." 

 Vol. II of "Modern Opera Houses and Theatres," 

 by Edwin 0. Sachs, proved no less interesting 

 and instructive than the former volume. "The 

 Theatrical World of 1897 "was reviewed by Wil- 

 liam Archer, and John Hollingshead published 

 "Gaiety Chronicles." "Amateur Clubs and Ac- 

 tors," by various authors, was edited by W. G. Elliot. 

 History. " The Building of the British Empire," 

 written by Alfred T. Story for the " Stories of the 

 Nations Series." in two volumes, contained the 

 *tory of England from Elizabeth to Victoria.' " The 

 Foundations of England," according to Sir J. H. 

 Ramsay, were laid B. c. 55-A. D. 1154. and from 

 the same author we had " Lancaster and York : 

 A Century of English History," covering the period 

 1399-1485. Vol. IV of J. Hamilton Wylie's great 

 work " The History of England under Henry 

 the Fourth" was issued, covering 1411-1413; 

 " England and the Hundred Years' War, 1327- 

 1485," by C. W. C. Oman, was the concluding vol- 

 ume of the "Oxford Manuals of English History"; 

 General the Hon. G. Wrottesley gave us "Crecy 

 and Calais" from the public records, and from 

 James Gairdner we had a review of " The Life 

 and Reign of Richard the Third. "The Early 

 Days of the Nineteenth Century in England, 1800- 

 1820," by William Connor Sydney, filled two vol- 

 umes; from A. J. Evans and C. S. Fearenside we 

 had " England under the Later Hanoverians, 1760- 

 1837," and H. DeB. Gibbins gave a concise history 

 of " The English People in the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury." " Cromwell's Scotch Campaigns, 1650-'51 " 

 appealed to students of military history. W. J. 

 Hardy edited a second volume of " Domestic State 

 Papers of the Reign of William and Mary." "The 

 Battle of Sheriffmuir " was related from original 

 sources, and " Historical Notes or Essays on the '15 



and '45 " came from D. Murray Rose. " Historical 

 Papers relating to the Jacobite Period, 1699-1750," 

 in two volumes, were edited by Col. James Allar- 

 dyce, and from Andrew Lang we had " The Com- 

 panions of Pickle," carrying on th% narrative begun 

 in " Pickle the Spy." Julian S. Corbett pub- 

 lished a history of " Drake and the Tudor Navy " 

 in two volumes, and also edited the story of two of 

 Drake's campaigns under the title of "The Span- 

 ish War, 1585-1587," published by the Navy Rec- 

 ords Society. Vol. II of "The Royal Navy," by 

 William Laird Clowes, carried on that valuable 

 work, and Part II of " Britain's Naval Power," a 

 short history of the growth of the British navy, by 

 Hamilton Williams, covered " From Trafalgar to 

 the Present Times." " The British Merchant 

 Service," by R. J. Cornewall-Jones, gave a history 

 of the British mercantile marine from the earliest 

 times to the present day, and from Gomer Williams 

 we had a " History of the Liverpool Privateers and 

 Letters of Marque," with an account of the Liver- 

 pool slave-trade. " The War in the Peninsula " 

 was fought over again by Alexander Innes Shnnd ; 

 Major A. Griffiths wrote in an interesting manner 

 of " Wellington and Waterloo," and William O'Con- 

 nor Morris fought over again "The Great Cam- 

 paigns of Nelson." The same author also wrote 

 the history of " Ireland, 1798-1898 " with striking 

 impartiality, reviewing the miseries of a century, 

 and contending firmly for a government of the un- 

 happy country according to its own ideas. W. H. 

 Fitc-tiett (Vedette) followed his " Deeds that Won 

 the Empire " with " Fights for the Flag " : Lieut.- 

 Col. Ross-of-Bladensburg condensed from his regi- 

 mental "History of the Coldstream Guards" the 

 story of "The Coldstream Guards in the Crimea," 

 and Col. Edward Vibart wrote "The Sepoy Mu- 

 tiny as seen by a Subaltern from Delhi to Luck- 

 now." " Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in 

 Delhi " were translated from the originals by the 

 late C. T. Metcalfe, and "Daily Life during the 

 Mutiny" was described by J. W. Sherer. Modern 

 history received numerous addition*. The best 

 selling book published in England during the year 

 was " With Kitchener to Khartoum," by G. W. 

 Steevens. the author of " With the Conquering 

 Turk," who went himself through the campaign 

 which he chronicled so vividly, participating in the 

 battles of the Atbara and Omdurman, and entering 

 with the army the city where Gordon fell. " Sirdar 

 and Khalifa ; or, The Reconquest of the Soudan, 

 1898," by Bennet Burleigh, went over the same 

 ground, and was accompanied with portraits, illus- 

 trations, maps, and a plan of battle. E. N. Bur- 

 leigh in " The Downfall of the Dervishes " also gave 

 a sketch of the campaign, and " The Egyptian 

 Soudan, Its Loss and Recovery," came from Henry 

 S. L. Alford and William* Dennistoun Sword. 

 " The Campaign in Tirah, 1897-98." as outlined by 

 Col. H. D. Hutchinson, was supplemented by t 

 " Lockhart's advance through Tirah," by Capt. L. 

 J. Shadwell ; " Sketches on Service During the 

 Indian frontier Campaigns of 1897," were published 

 by Major E. A. P. Hobday ; Lionel James in " The 

 Indian Frontier War " gave an account of the Moh- 

 mund and Tirah expeditions of 1897, and "The 

 Story of the Malakand Field Force," by Lieut. 

 Winston L. Spencer Churchill, was an episode of 

 frontier war. Capt. G. J. Younghusband also gave 

 us "Indian Frontier Warfare." Sir George S. 

 Robertson told admirably " Chitral : The Story of 

 a Minor Siege." " Egypt in the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury ; or, Mehemet. Ali and His Successors, until the 

 British Occupation in 1882," by D. A. Cameron, was 

 authoritative, the author having enjoyed peculiar 

 advantages for the task he undertook, and Seymour 

 Vandcleur was heard from on " Campaigning on 



