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cultivated for so many years. " Idalia" is the first part of a
new tale by the author of "Granville do Vigne," which pro-
MACMILLAN.—Henry Kingsley's story of " The
Hillyars and the Burtons" is continued with un-
flagging spirit, but the end is apparently near, and

it threatens to be tragic. The lovers of the startling
and exciting cannot certainly complain of lack of
incident. The other serial story, "A Son of the Soil,'
also proceeds but slowly, for the author is inclined to be
diffuse, and there is a little superabundance of discussion
and reflection. Lady Duff Gordon's pleasantly written Let-
ters from Egypt are continued, and give a most interesting
picture of Arab life. The early years of Erasmus, from the
subject of a paper by Dr. Hamilton ; and the author of
" Doctor Antonio" contributes an account of the delight-
ful district of Sauremo. Professor Goldwin Smith discusses
the proposed constitution for British North America, and
it is not surprising fo find him advocating our abandon-
ment of those splendid colonies.
mises interest. The hero is vigorously drawn, and the outline
of the story, as sketched in this first part, indicates ori-
ginality and power.
THE PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MACAULAY'S MISCEL-
LANEOUS WRITINGS. —Part 111. Longman and
Co.—Comprises within it far more interesting pro-
ductions from that master-hand than either of the
two preceding instalments—than both of them, in
fact, put together. A statement that any one can,
upon the instant, recognise as in no way exaggerated
when we add that this third of the four portions into
which the present cheap serial issue of the Miscellaneous
Writings of Lord Macaulay has been quartered for
monthly publication, comprises within it the whole of the
Master-Essayist's renowned Essays upon Barere, upon
Atterbury, upon Bunyan, upon Goldsmith, and upon
Johnson, together with the concluding portion of the
Essay on Ifirabeau and the commencement of the Esssy on
William Pitt.

LE CORRESPONDANT—NO. 113.—Charles Douniol :
Paris.—Especially interesting this month by reason
of Leon Arbaud's paper on Madame Roland and E.
Rameau's argument, entitled La Nouvelle Confede-
ration Canadienne—Le Correspondant, let us hope,
will be rendered immeasurably more interesting in
its next issue, or in its next, by comprising among its con-
tents,. what we cannot but count upon having sooner or
later—what we shall certainly be very grievously disap-
pointed if we do not have eventually in Le Correspondant
—namely, a tribute to the memory, an appreciation of the
genius, an epitome of the career, a survey of the achieve-
ments of Cardinal Wiseman, penned—as no other hand
could pen it—by the hand of the Count de Montalembert.
ODDS AXD ENDS.—N. 2.—Edmonston and
Douglas—follows up the introductory sketches of
Highland characters (in which the Sheep-Farmers
and the Drovers were cleverly discriminated some
weeks back) with a shrewd consideration of the sys-
tem and principles upon which A Practical Hand would pro-
pose to have Our Convicts dealt with. The ghastly woodcut
representation of a Glengarry drawn down over the face of
a convict (an elongated Glengarry in the form of a flexible
mask with eyelet holes) startles the reader into attention
at the very title-page—and the attention of the reader of
this little brochure, seized as it is, thus, perforce, upon the
very cover, is sustained throughout.
GOOD WORDS. " Hereward, the last of the
English," by Charles Kingsley, is continued in this
number at some length, and Alexander Smith also
proceeds with his records of " Alfred Hogart's
Household," so that the readers of fiction have

two well-known names for encouragement. The Duke
of Argyll gives us the second part of his essay on " The
Reign of Law," and Mr. Kaye proceeds with his interesting
series of Anglo-Indians. Sir Alexander Burnes, a man
less known in this country than he deserves to be, is the
subject of the present memoir. There are other papers by
well-known writers, some of them well worth reading.
THE ALEXANDRA MAGAZINE.—An article on the
different merits of the English and French systems
of female education is deserving of attention, and
the writer points out some particulars in which he thinks
we should do well to copy our continental neighbours.
" Watchwork, as an Employment for Women," is another
good paper, and there are several other topics of feminine
interest discussed and considered.
NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL.—Two papers " On
the Report of the Royal Commissioners on the
Patent Laws," and " On Coal and its bearing on
Modern Civilisation," are to be found in this part, and
there are also the usual scientific notices, and a long list of
recent patents.
THE HOUSEHOLD MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—The
second number of this magazine affords plenty of
entertainment, with a good deal of domestic infor-
mation combined.
MERRY AND WISE. Jackson and Co.—This
pleasant little serial for little folks has, among other
attractions, the translation of a story of Fredericka
Bremner, called " The Butterfly's Gospel," and " A Game
at Snowballs," with an illustration.