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ONCE A WEEK.—This serial professes to be a.
miscellany of literature, art, sc;ienc2, and popular
information, and its perusal will satisfy the reader
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 P,.inter's Courtship" is a very ingenious narrative. The
events are improbable, but very skilfully introduced. The
roast-guardsman's tale is a sketch that is peculiar, and
affords a warning as to the impotence of revenge. The
verses are above the average in merit ; and altogether this
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LUTTRELL OF ArtRAN. By ca ri eb Lever. Part
VIII —At the clewof the feet twin her ft. K:.te
011iAra comfortably located with the old baront-t,
Sir Within 'Wardle; Mr M'Kiniay having, much
C
agaiilst his inclinaen, departed for Italy in charge
of Ada and Mademoiselle Heinzloman. Although more
than a year is supposed to have elapsed since the last
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 from
foreign travel, he at length reached his destination, and
found that Sir Gervais 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 Court may
when she exclaimed, " I sincerely trust that you man age
the material questions confided to you with more ability Itrd
tact than you do matters of social interest." That ama n
of M'Kinlay's supposed professional standing should be s a
as he is represented appears unlikely. Mr. Lever
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. Kats 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 apartie cairee who dine at Dabraden. There
is considerable mystery attached to the histories of both
Kate O'Hara and Miss Courtney. 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 chaim as the author's vivid descriptions;
and we have no fear that "Luttrell of Arran" will prove
an exception to this rule. The illustrations are, as usual,
but in the second one a novelty in ornithology is presented
to us—namely, a hen pheasant with a long tail.

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 rapid corntnunic,tion with India. To this
end he 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 from a Whig point of view. The denunciation of
the duel and perfidious conduct of Prussia is hearty and
uncompromising, but no ingenuity of argument or of invec-
tive can exonerate our English Cabinet from a share in the
blame. The :number is altogether above the averaze, the
articles being varied in matter and interesting in style.

The British Army and Navy Review. No. 1.
Office, 9, Waterloo-place.

The first number of a new serial deserves a word
of greeting, especially when, as in this case, it is
independent in tone 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 an the pro-
spects of the 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, &c., 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 Napiere 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
tare -wn of life in that office between the hours of 10
and would be very amusing, if it were not unfortunately
font ed 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.

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. Rom ford 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. Romiord,
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.

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