Heriete of Revieicg, iOI\j06, 



The Reviews Reviewed. 



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CASSELL'S MAGAZINE. 



Mr. Ruilolpli (If Cordova opens the Maicli niimbi-i- 

 Hitli ail article on Mr. Cecil Aldin and his work, 'lli.- 

 iiioiit striking incident of his career was in oonnection 

 «itli the tiuieral of Queen Victoria. The writer 

 says : — 



Mrs. Aldin wua invited to see the ceremony trom l\xv 

 qu,adr:in;;le at Winilnor. a place in wliiili there were 

 prohahl.v not Iwent.v other people, and far removed fi-oiu 

 where the newspaper corresponaents had their seatH. Siie 

 waa iireatlj' iinpres.>^d b,\- one incident- the moment wher. 

 the two little Piini-e.s. the sons ol the Prince ol \\aie9. 

 advanced and saluted Ihe coffin containing the remains ol 

 tlieir revered great^trrandmother. Mrs. Aldin made ca'-efnl 

 mental notes of tlieir costume and of the regiment which 

 was on duty. 



When she went, home she told her husband of the inci- 

 dent. His artistic mind jiuiiied at its pictorial possibili- 

 ties. He telegraphed 10 one of the leading Liondon illue- 

 tratcd papers, and asked if they ivould like it. They wired 

 back ■■ Yes." and he sat down and made an elaborate 

 sketch. 



When it was puhlisheil the editor reieived a letter from 

 tlio officer who bad been in coinmand of the guard ol 

 honour at tlie spot, eayiiiK that the artist must have been 

 quite close to him. .and he would like to buy the original 

 drawinir. which Mr. Aldin sold to him. 



Another intere>;ting article is contributed by Mr. 

 Tii^lie Hopkins, who writes on "The Portraits of Sir 

 Honry Irving," and adds a number of reminiscences. 

 Wolsey. Sir Henry told Mr. Hopkins, did not. as an 

 acting part, draw his syinpatliies .so inucli in the earlier 

 part of the |)lay as in the later scenes. Concerning 

 Becket, Sir Henry said: " Ver.y, very rarely have I 

 played any part with such deep en,ioyDient." 



Other papers deal with the Black Peril in South 

 Africa, and how long it may still be staved off; with 

 Flamingo Haunts in South Africa, and with Old Nor- 

 folk Inns. 



MACltllLLAN'S MAGAZINE. 



MatiiiiUan's Magazine is a verj' readable number, 

 though no article is veiy (|UOtable. Mr. R. B. 

 Douglas traces the trail of Stevenson at Fontainc- 

 bleau, Harbison, and the artist resorts in that part of 

 the environs of Paris. The only place where he found 

 Stevenson's memory still kept i^reen was at Gie/.-sur- 

 Loin, where one Madame Chevillon still remembers 

 " M\sieii Louis" after tliirly years. 



Th<-re is a paper on " My' District.'' evidently by a 

 district visitor speaking out of the fulness of the heart, 

 a ))aper which all district visitors and all who have 

 to deal with the poor might profitably read. 



Mr. Keiielm D. Cotes narrates his mournful ex- 

 perience of trying to get "Back to the Land." Evi- 

 dently he docs not feel inclined to live over again tlio 

 year " in which I was caught to the breast of Nature, 

 as she is known in an Engli.sh country village."' Cess- 

 pools, unclean and abominable ; wells, in close proxi- 

 mity, yielding buckets of slime when cleaned ; pre- 

 .sently diphtheria and thirty deadis. The local Coun- 

 cil, Government Boards, and other custodians of the 

 health and well-being of the people were appai-ently 

 hopelessly stuck in the mud of their own unmended 

 roads, and unable to do an.vthiiig but acknowledge re- 

 ceipt of your favour of such and such a date. They 

 could not act till tliev had a report, and when they 

 had a report they stilf could not act. In bad sanita- 

 tion, unwholesome water-supply, and snail-slow local 

 authorities lie, thinks the writer, the chief causes of 

 the rural exodus. 



Mr. Marcus Reed's bantering paper on " Is Portia 

 Possible?" has little reference to Shakespeare and 

 much to the possibility of women lawyers. The writer 

 cannot think of a profession, except the militar,v, for 

 which women are less suited. There is nothing speci- 

 ally new- in the paper, and a good deal of the nonsense 

 always talked on questions concerning women. 



THE WORLD'S WORK AND PLAY. 



I'erhaps the chief feature of a very interesting iium- 

 lier is the collection of beautiful photographs of the 

 House of Commons, notably "the most interesting 

 group of the new House" — the Labour Party — a pho- 

 ti>graph taken on the Terrace on the opening day of 

 Parliament. Mr. W. M. Gallichan gives a bright 

 sketch of life and s|>ort in Spain, with fitie illustra- 

 tions that seem to reflect the sunlight of tho South. 

 " Home Counties," h ho confesses never to have kept 

 bees, tells how to start bee-keeping. He has no faith 

 in bee-fai-ining as u separate industry, hut as an addi- 

 tion to other sources of income. Mr. B. A. Powell, 

 F.R.G.S., writes on the citizen army of Switzerland as 

 an army in which every man is a crack shot. It is 

 niaintained at very small cost, it i.s run on business- 

 like methods, and there is no favouritism. IThe citi- 

 zen army would, he thinks, prove an unsurinountablo 

 stumbling-block to the gieatest military power in 

 Europe. Ian Malcolm presents graphic pictures of 

 Darjeeling and of the Tashi Lama and his followers, 

 who were passing south to me<"t the Prince of Wale.s. 

 The new maritime school founded by the London 

 County Council at Poplar comes in for a share of higli 

 descriptive eulogy. Mr. Norman's remarks on motors 

 and men will be very useful to those thinking of em- 

 ploying a chauffeur. 



CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. 



The March issue of I 'liaiiihrr.i\i Journal contains 

 several articles of interest. 



Mr. W. V. Roberts has an article on Bishops as 

 Li'gislatoi-s. in which he leminds us that, though 

 bislops sit in the House of Lords, Anglican clergymen 

 are debarred from sitting in the House of Oimmons 

 unless they be " unfrocked " and resume their positions 

 as laymen. Mr. Arthur Adand belongs to the ''un- 

 frocked." and he is believed to be the only ex-clergy- 

 man who attained to Cabinet rank. Clergy of other 

 denominatious, however, may sit in the House of 

 Commons. 



Mr. Edward John Prior describes some Relics of tho 

 In<|uisitiou now to be seen in a new hall in the heart 

 of Kennington. The collection is value<l at £2.5,000. 

 Among the curios are two musical instruments — an 

 organ and a piano. Some of the figures used in tho 

 Iniiuisition processions are beautiful pieces of crafts- 

 manship, others are monstrosities to terrorise those 

 who held religious views not in accordance with those 

 of their iXTsecutors. 



A Queer Consequence of a Fluke. 



Rev. H. M. Neils tells in the Ynung Man of a sport- 

 ing incident which helped to make the success of his 

 men's meeting, the Eastbrook Brotherhood, at Brad- 

 ford. Announced to speak on ' Wliat'U Win?" he 

 found a postcard in tlie vestry, " 7(^ your address, 

 ' What'll Win ?' — Hackler's Pride is good business for 

 the Cambridgeshire." He read the card to the crowd. 

 " The seeiuel was astonishing. Hackler's Pride w'on 

 the race the following Wednesday! As by magic it 

 went through the city, and particularly the work- 

 shops, that ' the parson at Eastbrook had tipped the 

 winner for the Cambridgeshire.' " 



