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been most in contact with European ideas, reply to sugges•
tions for the improvement of the races under their sway by
saying, "We came into Europe with the sword, and we
will go out of it with the knife," The great object which
England should set before her, in view of the possible dis-
memberment o; the Turkish empire, is, according to this
writer, safe and rapiri communication with India. To this
end ha would have us exert ourselves in the extension of
railways, and declares a railroad from Bagdad to the Medi-
terranean to be the next great want. The concluding
article in the number is on " Our Foreign Policy," which
it views frcm a Whig point of view. The denunciation of
the cruel and perfidious conduct of P, ussia is hearty and
uncompromising, but no ingenuity of argument or of invec-
tive can exonerate our English Cabinet from a share in the
blame. Tho :number is altogether above the average, the
articles being varied in matter and interesting in style.

The British Army and Navy Review.

Office, 9, Waterloo-place.

The first number of a new serial deserves a word
L of greeting, especially when, as in this case, it is
independent in tore and straightforward in prin.
ciple. The British Army and Navy Review has
opened the campaign valiantly by selecting a wide range
of subjects, and treating them in 'a fair and open manner,
which is calculated to gain respect and secure popularity.
There is no lack of exciting topics just now connected with
the services, and of these the Editor has largely availed
himself. The number opens with a paper on " Lee's Se-
cond Year of Campaigns in Defence of Richmond," well
written and useful as a summary of events. The present
paper is only the first instalment, and relates to the inva-
sion of Pennsylvania last year. It is accompanied by a
map of the district, and another illustrating Gettysburg and
its vicinity is promised with the next chapter. " The Navy
Sixty Years Ago," is a well written paper revealing a state
of things so unjust and oppressive that it is marvellous we
should have been able to maintain a navy at all. James
Grant tells the melancholy story of Major Andre with spirit
and interest, and Thomas Hughes discourses on the pro-
spects of toe Volunteer Force. This, as may be guessed,
is a congenial subject for the author of " Tom Brown."
" Five and Threepence per Diem" contains some severe
but sensible remarks on the system of unlimited credit so
common Among young subalterns, and speaks in no mea-
sured terms of the conduct of many firms of military
tailors, outfitters, La., who draw their unwary victim
deeper and deeper into debt, reckoning on the inevitable
sale of his commission for payment. There is a very ex-
cellent paper on " Denmark," which is just now the great
topic of the day. It is remarked that had King Frederick
lived to the age of Methuselah, there is no reason to Sup-
pose the settlement of the Duchies would have been dis-
turbed. The heroic family of the Napiers is the subject of
a brief but interesting paper. It is remarked that some-
times a family is found which possesses some peculiar or
special faculties which run through all the race. The
Napiers are a notable instance of this hereditary power,
and the writer of this paper does no more than justice when
he speaks of them as a family which their country may well
be proud. The summary of the month's events dwells
at some length on the state of affairs at Greenwich Hospi•
tal, and the recent revelations at the War-office. The pic-
ture drawn of life in that office between the hours of 10
and 4 would be very amusing, if it were not unfortunately
founded on fact. It is quite true that the elegant amuse-
ments of these official gentlemen were a little curtailed by
those above them. A paper on the Alabama gives a vivid
account of her last encounter with the Kearsage.

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Hastings." An account is, of course, given of the recent
engagement off Cherbourg. "Four Years on the Gold
Coast" contains much matter of interest. The writer has
studied the natives closely, and furnishes many peculiar
traits of character. Papers on the restoration of the appa-
rently drowned, a memoir of the late Sir Alex. Murray
Tulloch, of Crimean celebrity, and Cavalry Remounts in
Ireland and on the continent are also to be fottad in this
number.

ONCE A WEE/.—This serial professes to ba a
miscellany of literature, art, science, and popular
information, and its perusal wilt satisfy the render
that it performs its promise well. There is a great
variety in the contents, and utility of information is skilfully
blended with interesting and attractive subjects. There
are several tales met with, which are sufficiently exciting
to win the approval of the lovers of the sensational class.
"A Painter's Courtship" is a very ingenious narrative. The
everts are improbable, but very skilfully introduced. The
Coast-guardsman's tale is a sketch that is peculiar, and
affords a warning as to the impotence of rtver.:;e. The
verses are above the average in u:erit ; and altc.7,ether this
publication well nriintains its positi,,n atumg its confetti-
poraties, au I preserves its deserved rermtu!lon.
LUTTRELL OF A:7:EAN. By Cwe:rict, Lever. Part
the cicse of the lest number wee Jet:: Kate
01:14ra comfortab:y located with /he old baronet,
Sir Within Wardle; Mr MT.:inlay having, much.
against his inclina6an, departed for Italy in el. urge.
of Ada and Mademoiselle Heireernan. Although matte
than a year is supposed to have elapsed since the la st
chapter, the reader is requested to take a brief retrospect of
what befell the lawyer on his continental trip. It would
seem that after the usual inconveniences inseparable fr.wri
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foreign travel, he at length reached his destination, mid
found that Sir Gerva:s Vyner was unwell and unable to see
him. His quondam love, Miss Courtnay, however, meets
him, and in the interview that takes place between them
Mr. M'Kinlay proves himself, if possible, to be a greater
blockhead and blunderer than he did when he dined with
Sir Within Wardle, and we quite agree with Miss Courtnay
when she exclaimed, " I sincerely trust that you manage
the material questions confided to you with more ability aad.
tact than you do matters of social interest!' That a man
of M‘Kinlay's supposed professional standing should be so
as he is represented appears unlikely. Mr. Leve:
has, nevertheless, probably drawn his character
from real life, and so many knaves are to be met with in
the profession, it is but natural that a few fools may be
found. Kate O'Hara has passed upwards of a year at
Dobraden, acting pretty much as the mistress, when Sir
William announced to her that he expected visitors—and
these by no means welcome ones—in fact, his heirs. Our
old friend, Mr Grenfell, appears again upon the scene, and
forms one of a partie cairde who dine at Dabraden. There
is considerable mystery attached to the histories of both
Kate O'Hara and Miss Courtnay. In fact, we do not re-
member one of Mr Lever's novels in which some kind of
mystery was not apparent, Indeed, the complete suspense
in which the reader is held until the clever denouement,
possesses as great a chat m as the author's vivid descriptions;
and we have no fear that " Luttrell cf Arran" will prove
an exception to this rule. The illustrations are, as usual,
but in the second one a novelty in ornithology is pre.,,ented
to us—namely, a hen pheasant with a lord tail.
MR. ROMFORD'S HOUNDS, Part 111., by the
Author of " Handley Cross," &c., commences with
a history of how Lucy Sponge followed Mr. Rom•
ford's hounds, and the consequences which resulted
in Mr. Romford having to resign the mastership of
the Heavysides Hunt owing to the supposed impro•
priety of the proceeding, the ladies being jealous of Lucy,
and saying that she was not fit for good society. This part
of the tale is not in good taste, for although the description
of the run is capital, the conduct of Lucy and Romford is
unnatural. It is not probable that a woman of good sense
and penetration would consent to take up her abode at a
country inn, to live among strangers, and act as whipper-
in to a man of Mr. Romford's character. Mr. Romford,
however, drops upon his feet, and soon attains another
appointment in the county, and this times takes a handsome
residence. As Lucy is now independent, she consents to
her mother coming to live with him as his housekeeper,
while Lucy passes for the widow of a defunct officer, the
brother of Romford.

HANDY GUIDE FOR THE DRAPER AND HABER-
DASHER--Pitman, Paternoster-row. This little
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book will be found of great service to all who are

interested in the drapery business, as it contains an

amount of information derived from actual expe•
rience, which cannot but prove exceedingly valuable. It
will perhaps be the means of preventing, in some cases, great
lost!, and in others ultimate ruin, A book with such au
object cannot fail to secure for itself that which it really
deserves, viz., the most extendzd circulation, especially as
its publishing price is a mere trifle,

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.
The Alexandra .3lagazine is a very praiseworthy
devoted io adv, ,ceny of woman's
inter.mite. It does not concern itself with her poll.
tical standing, but with tbc far more useful arid
necz•ssary assistance of teachi:;g her how to help
hers if when left dependent on berown efforts. Much
uFeful practical infortnation is obtainable from the " LAtters
o Vtro:, en on honey Diming," wlifle another page leis
of the value of lithography as a branch of feminine indus-
try. '1 h:A.e are of course stories and sketches, besides poems
and cri!ical notices, but all are unmated by the Caine spirit
of kindly, cheerful industry.—Good Words shows no dimi-
nution of interest, but keeps up its high reputation with
unflagging energy. A, K. H. B. contributes one of his
pleasant essays, Lull of profitable moralising, and Mr Gosse
continues hie " Year at the Shore," giving three illustra-
tions in the present instalment. We have besides several
able and interesting articles by ecclesiastical dignitaries,
and some verses by Miss Muloch and Isa Craig. Mrs
Wood, author of "East Lynne," proceeds with her story
of " Oswald Cray" with all her usual ability and life-like
style, The great charm of this writer is the easy, natural
way in which she depicts home life. The Eclectic and
Congregational .Review has several pages of general interest,
prominent among them beingan essay on Lawrence Sterne,
another on Phillimore's George 111., and a criticism of
Robert Browning's new volumes,—The Fisherman's Ma-
gazine is a great acquisition to anglers, and really contains
a good deal of curious information connected with the
piscatorial tribes. It is exclusively addressed to Izaak
Walton's fraternity; but it serves to show the uninitiated
how much there is to learn respecting the ancient sport,
Newton's London Journal has an article on the long pend-
ing Chancery suit of Young v. Ferule, which, as most
readers are aware, concerns a patent for the manufacture of
paraffin oil. It has its usual compliment of notices and
registrations.—The Gallery of Geography is an admirably
got up work, containing a fund of useful information, co-
piously illustrated by excellent engravings.—Le Follet does
its best, by the grace of its fair ladies and the elegance of
their surroundings, to improve what appear to the unini-
tiated very unbecoming fashions ; but whether the toilettes
are admired or not, there can be no question of .Le Follet's
high authority on all matters of costume.—The Sixpenny
Magazine shows no variation trout its ordinary style. The
tales are numerous—the principal one, " Barry O'Byrne,"
being by a novelist of some pretensions. It is, however,
somewhat extravagant in parts. The reader has certainly
a plentiful allowance of light literature, and must be hard
to entertain if he cannot find something to amuse him in
the melde.—The current number of The Musical Monthly
is a decided improvement on its predecessors, The story of
the," Judge's Daughter" is very interesting, and the pre-
sentation piece for the pianoforte, " The Fern Dell Viraltr.;
is pretty, flowing, and melodious.—The monthly part of
Chambers's Journal contains an abundance of
iginstructive reading, and a further instalment of "Lord
Lynn's Wife."— Cassells's Publicattons—The lilluslattr and
Shakspere, Illustrated Goldsmith Robinson Craw; His-
tory of England, Natural History, and Popular Educator,
&c,, all maintain their usual excellence.

yCEtNhCeE OF THE
of late years, however, has
ancients ;
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whale
THEwas
not
it opsarr sonoeltdEbs
every sea. The great
500 years ago whales abounded. in
of whales that they are disappear-
ingcaused such destruction
demand for oil and whalebone
of the ocean. They were once
from numerous rule
numerous in the Mediwoman, but are no longer so. They
live on soft gelatinous mollusks, in which the sea abounds,
which must have
increasedi enormously, owing to the de-
struction of wbales• It s to the increase of these small
organisms that the Phosphorescence of the Mediterranean
Sea is attributed_',lmerican Paper.
pacoAßDS.—The season has now fairly corn-
mooed, and the Corniah fishermen have reason to
be satisfied with the beginning. During the past week
several thousands of fine pilchards were caught by the
Mount's-bay, Portreath, and other boats. There was not,
however, What could be called a large catch. The retail
price at the local markets on Saturday, which was tolerably
well supplied, from 24 to 30 for a shilling. Several baskets
have been transmitted to the metropolitan and other great,
markets, for which there is great demand.

THE MOORS.—A correspondnat in G:e%avon, who
reports a fresh nit of snow on tha Cairngorms as
well as in the valleys, says—"lt is not likely to provo in
any way disastrous to the moors, as the young birds aro
new pretty strong on the wing. The coveys ore nttrn.3-
rous and heilthy, and no sign of direase pals btxq

in Glenavon this year, and we doubt not but the sp;rts..••
men will be abundantly rewarded for his t0i1,—..832,i-shire
Journal.

A SLEEPY CONGREGATION.—' 1U a parish church
in the Highlands of Aberdeenshire, not a day's
journey from Balmoral Castle," says the Aberdeen Free
Press, "we were seated in our ordinary pew, listening to
the song of praise ascending from the choir and congrega-
tion, when our notice was attracted to the sleepers, and,
sacrilegious as the idea might be, we could not help count-
ing both the cmgregation as a whole, and the percentage of
sleepers, when—we blush to say it—out of a total of 101, no
less than 27 were sound asleep.