The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

of perfection will have been reached in telegraphy ten years
hence. Th- apprehension of Tawell was in its day a
wonder; but how it. Efficient the pe,wer of giving a vestal
descrspion of the mutderer compared wish that of forward-
ing his very portrait! "Herrings and Herring Fishery"
are talked of, and a paper on "Microscopic Fungi" is pro-
fusely illustrated. For social science we have an essay
from the pen of Dr. Lankester, displaying his usual sound
sense and practical knowledge 'on the very important ques-
tion of proper clothing.
THE ROSE, THE SHAMROCK, AND THE THISTLE.
—This is a very well edited and well got up ma'
gnzine, which is none the less able to bear criti-
cism and examination that it is entirely printed by
feminine hands. Its clear and well read pages are
certainly unquestionable evidence in favour of woman's
aptitude for the tyiclATAphical art. The literary contents
of the magazine are of a very fair order, and there is no
lack of entertaining and interesting stories to amuse the
reader. 'the principal tale " Jtic)b Morriston," has already
attracted some notice.

THE SIXPENNY MAO kZiNE has its usual liberal
allowteuce of contents. Barry O'Byrne, one of the
principal items, has not fulfiled the promise of its
opening, being improbable and far-fetched in its incidents.
" Singed Moths" is also proceeded with, bat the pre-
tentious sheriff and his family grow somewhat wearisome•
A good many mysteries remain to he unravelled. " Rera •
brandt's Pupil" is an interesting sketch, and there is an
abundcnt supply of short and readable papers on a variety
of topics.
EVERY BOYS' MAGAZINE,—This little serial is
certain of a good supply of readers were it only for
its narrative and illustration of the tragedy of the Flowery
Land. The story of the defence of Kars, and a paper on
the Microscope, are among the contents
NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES.—Ttie usual egsay in this serial is devoted
to Benson's machine-made cask factory, and gives come
astonishing statistics of the immense demand that exists
for casks of all descriptions. The usual lista of patents,
scientific notices, &c., are given as usual.

THE ECLECTIC —The Eclectic is less generally
attrao;ive than usual. Among its moat readable papers is
one on " i piece of Old World Biography."

THE AUTOGRAPHIC MIRROR.—The first part
contains facsimiles of the handwriting of ,Trtines
1., Sir Andrew Sinclair, Pitt, Fox, Sir W.Alter
Scott, Professor Wiisoo, ('homes Aird (!he poet),
Humboldt, Li,rbig, G,neral GAribiidi, Sir Tnomas
Lawrence, Rosa B)nhtur, Meycrbeer, and B tlfe, besides
two sketches by the Lite Mr. fback-u-sy. Mail of the
docurn-u,6 read with interest, preceded as they are
by a brief but v-ell written memoir.

'Fu P.: BRITISH ARMY RLVIEW. —The April num-
ber contains several exc,,lient articles on S ivage
Warfare, Torturing in the Army, the never-t;-be-forgotten
Crawley Court Martial, sco., &J, The miscellaneous sum-
mary et the end of the number is ovetfliwing wits military
news.

The April numbers of Rantlf.dge's Illustrated
Slmkspere and Illustrated Nauru! History are
quite up to their predecessors, both for beauty and variety
of engraving, and the " Events of the Month" will b 3 found
as usual both instructive and entertaining.