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el's " Visit to Ceylon." Mrs. Murray-Aynsley 

 has described " Our Tour in Southern India, 1 ' 

 and Mr. Tolmer has issued his very entertain- 

 ing volume of u Reminiscences." " The Land 

 of the Lion and the Sun," by Dr. Wills, and 

 "Across Chryse," by Mr. Colquhoun, are also 

 volumes of Asiatic travel. General voyaging 

 has been described in a number of pleasing 

 works, including " The Voyage of the "Wan- 

 derer," Mrs. Bridge's " A Lady's Travels 

 round the World," Dr. Coppinger's Pacitic 

 "Cruise of the Alert," Miss Gordon Cum- 

 ming's "Fire Fountains," being her account 

 of a visit to the Sandwich islands, Mr. Brad- 

 shaw's " New Zealand as it Is," and Powell's 

 "Among the Cannibals of New Britain." 

 Science. Philosophy and social science have 

 treated by some of the leading thinkers 

 the day : Mr. Herbert Spencer has published 

 le fifth part of his "Political Institutions," 

 Mr. Sidgwick has issued his "Principles of 

 Political Economy," and other works in these 

 lirections are Mongredieu's " Wealth Crea- 

 m," Farrer's "The State in its Relation to 

 le," and the " Free-Trade Speeches" of the 

 Rt. Hon. 0. P. Villiers. More strictly philo- 

 sophical are " The Ultimatum of Pessimism," 

 by James William Barlow ; " Prolegomena to 

 thics," by the late T. H. Green ; Dr. Pres- 

 jnse's "Study of Origins," Spinoza's "Eth- 

 ," translated by W. H. White, Mr. W. D. 

 Ground's examination of Herbert Spencer's 

 ' Structural Principles," Mr. Courtney's " Stud- 

 in Philosophy," Mr. Gostwick's " German 

 Culture and Christianity," and Mr. Stucken- 

 irg's "Life of Kant." In the literature of 

 evolution we have Hick's " Critique of Design 

 irguments," Cobbe's "Darwinism in Morals," 

 r ilson's "Chapters on Evolution," and Zim- 

 lerman's "Theories of Darwin." Socialism 

 reviewed in Kaufman's "Socialism and 

 jmmunism in their Practical Application," 

 French and German Socialism in Modern 

 imes," by Ely; and Jevons's "Methods of 

 iial Reform." An important work on in- 

 jrnational law is " The Rise and Growth of 

 Law of Nations," by Mr. John Hosack. 

 he subjects in natural science have been 

 msidered in a number of prominent works : 

 irst among these are the two volumes con- 

 tinuing the series of official reports of the 

 " Voyage of the Challenger " ; Martin Duncan 

 ms published a popular " Natural History " in 

 ix volumes. The prolific Mr. Proctor has pub- 

 lished a volume which he calls " Nature Stud- 

 ies," and an essay on "The Great Pyramid," 

 in which he combats the theories of its oc- 

 3ult intent. Mr. Francis Galton has continued 

 lis peculiar line of investigation in " Human 

 faculty," a collection of essays. Miscellaneous 

 works in various departments of science are 

 arshall's work on "The Frog," Hopley on 

 Snakes," Wall's "Indian Snake -Poisons," 

 "Gold, its Occurrence and Extraction," by 

 " Glass in the Old World," by Wallace- 

 mlop; and "Man before Metals," by Joly. 



In language and literature we have had a large 

 number of notable works, general and special. 

 Of the first of these should be mentioned Anna 

 Buckland's " Story of English Literature," and 

 Mr. T. S. Perry's "Essays on English Litera- 

 ture," Mr. Saintsbury's "Short History of 

 French Literature," Horn and Anderson's 

 " Scandinavian Literature," and Mr. Gosse's 

 "Seventeenth Century Studies" in English 

 poetry. An addition to the Bacon contro- 

 versy has been made in the publication of 

 Mrs. Pott's edition of Bacon's "Promus of 

 Formularies and Elegancies," designed to dis- 

 play the frequent appearance in Shakespeare's 

 writings of mannerisms peculiar to Bacon. Dr. 

 Ingleby has written "Shakespeare's Bones," 

 with a view to encourage the examination of 

 the great dramatist's grave. " Shakespeare as 

 an Angler," and " Shakespeare as a Lawyer," 

 have been studied by Rev. H. N. Ellacornbe 

 and Mr. Heard, respectively. "Notes on 

 Shakespeare's Plays," by Mrs. Kemble, "Ani- 

 mal Lore of Shakespeare's Time," by Emma 

 Phipson, and "Shakespeare's Flora," by L. H. 

 Grindon, are further efforts toward the eluci- 

 dation of these subjects. " Gay's Fables," with 

 a memoir, have been edited by Mr. Dobson, 

 and "Milton's Sonnets" by Mr. Pattison. A 

 "Sketch of French Literature" has been pub- 

 lished by Mr. Saintsbury, who has also edited 

 a collection of "French Lyrics " for the Parch- 

 ment Library. G. Vigfusson and F. York Pow- 

 ell have issued a volume of "Old Northern 

 Poetry," reaching to the thirteenth century. 

 Mr. M. T. Tatham has made a prose transla- 

 tion of the " Philoctetes " of Sophocles, and 

 Mr. Morshead has translated into English 

 verse " The Suppliant Maiden " of JSschylus. 

 Mr. C. A. M. Fennell has edited Pindar's 

 " Nemean and Isthmian Odes," and a prose 

 translation of Dante's " Purgatorio," by the 

 late W. S. Dngdale, has been published with 

 the original text. Mr. Sellar's " Roman Poets 

 of the Augustan Age," and Mr. Simcox's " His- 

 tory of Latin Literature," complete our cita- 

 tions of the classical work of the year. The 

 " Encyclopedia Britannica," revised edition, 

 has reached its sixteenth volume (M), and Dr. 

 Ogilvie's " Imperial Dictionary " has appeared 

 in a new edition. The second volume has ap- 

 peared of " The Halkett and Laing Dictionary 

 of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature." 

 Mr. W. J. Van Eys has issued the first gram- 

 mar ever published in English of the Basque 

 language. 



Works on Art. Perrot and Chipiez's works on 

 " Art in Ancient Egypt," and " Art in Chaldaea 

 and Assyria," deserve the first notice in this 

 department. Other works of interest are. 

 Scott's "Renaissance of Art .in Italy," Mrs. 

 Clement's " Outline History of Painting," Mr. 

 Wilmot Buxton's "English Painters," Lucy 

 Crane on " Art and the Formation of Taste," 

 Mr. Ruskin's four Oxford lectures on the " Art 

 of England," and Tristram Ellis's " Sketching 

 from Nature." Somewhat more practical in 



