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him, and allows the ushers to brush up the sloW coaches
as they please. There is nothing so detrimental to racing
as these large stables. Three private establishments, ave-
raging ten horses each, will make more sport than a public
stable containing seventy horses."
The sooner the tale of "From Oxford to St.
George's" is brought to a conclusion the better,
unless a great improvement is made in it;
the description of the Fox Hotel, in the neighbour-
hood of Bond-street, is absurd without being clever.
The number concludes with " Chapters on Guns,"
" Our Jockey Coursing," and " The Dramatic and
Musical World of London,"

Charles Knight's Publications.
71e Popular history of .Lnyland, by Charles
Knight, is now entering upon a new and
eventful epoch. The American War has been
brought to a close, the war with France is yet
looming in the distance, and the writer takes ad-
vantage of this pause to give a general view of the-
state and prospects of the country. A general de-
spondency overclouded the political world at the
close of the American war, a war in which all
Englishmen felt they had neither the satis-
faction of a good cause or the glory of a
decided triumph. The author examines into
the assertions to which this despondency
gave rise, and gives an interesting account of the
various products of the country, and the rate of in-
crease in population. Illustrations of the cattle and
sheep, and further on of the scientific constructions
and improvements, are liberally given. The closing
chapters are especially attractive. They tell us of
the " Revolution in the Peaceful Arts," whose
effects should long outlive those of the stormy re-
volution that was coming. The first construction
of canals, the first water spinning mill, the fly
shuttle of Kay, the spinning-jenny of Hargreaves,
the inventions of Arkwright and Wedgwood, and
the grand schemes of Watt are all duly chronicled.
It is one characteristic feature in this history that
the progress of art and science as well as the gene-
ral social advancement of the people find a record.
The English Encyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences is
continued in a manner worthy of the three pre-
ceding portions of this great work. It is com-
prehensive in its character, and complete in its
information. As a work of reference, it will, when
it has reached its termination, be perhaps without
a rival.

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.
The National Magazine has several papers. The
new editor, Mr. Ewing Ritchie, adds a sketch of
Mr. Gladstone to his gallery of Parliamentary.
portraits. It is cleverly written, but does some-
thing more than justice to the eccentric Chancellor
of the Exchequer. Mr. Copping continues his
story of " Sundown," and there is a pleasing tale
entitled "My First Love and my Last." " Down
Sto' part way" is a rambling paper, giving the
legends and associations of an old country locality.
A paper on the wrongs of the journeyman bakers
sets forcibly before the public the evils resulting
from the unnatural labour extorted from these poor
men.—The Church of England Monthly Review is
a very excellent periodical. It advocates sound
principles, but is entirely free from the intolerance
and narrowness so common in this class of works.
It discusses subjects of general interest, and has in
the present number papers on the recent Memoirs
of Renee of France, Duchess of Ferrara, on Sir
John Franklin and Self Help. We can honestly-
recommend it to the reader of general
tastes.— The Eclectic is another publication, with
a decidedly religious tendency, although its
doctrines are very dissimilar. In the number be-
fore us we find some attractive papers. That on
Edgeworth Town will engage the attention of all
the admirers of "Patronage" and "Helen." A
pleasant criticism on Illustrated Books analyses the
artistic merits of some of our gorgeous pictorial vo-
lumes. A memoir of the late Bishop "Wilson pays
a tribute to the ability and excellence of the departed
prelate.—Newton's London Journal contains its
usual record of arts and sciences, and keeps a watch
over the progress of inventive art. The topic of the
introductory article is the proposed Fine Art Gal-
lery and Museum for Manchester. The recent
patents are described, and in most cases illustrated
by diagrams, and the customary scientific notices
are added.-2.Le Follet is distinguished, as usual,
by taste in colour and grouping, even if the
perversity of Fashion will interfere with the
grace of the figures. Two love stories of domestic
life are simple and pleasing, and as the chief poeti-
cal contributions bear the names of Macaulay and
Longfellow, their excellence is warranted.—Among
the weekly publications that assume monthly
covers Once a Week stands foremost. The chief
story is from the ready pen of Mr. Meredith, and
hears the singular title of " Evan Harrington, or
He would be a Gentleman." The terrors of Sir
Cresswell Cresswell are pathetically told in a humor-
ous narrative illustrated by John Leech. Miss
Martineau contributes another of her practically
sensible articles concerning the well-being of young
ladies, and there are many other amusing papers.—
he Welcome Guest will be welcome to many love' s
of light literature and humorous sketches. Au-
gustus Mayhew, G. A. Sala, Albany Fonblanque,
and James Hannay are among its contributors. It
contains nothing very solid or striking, but will
serve the puipose for which it is apparently
intended, by whiling away a leisure half-
hour.-7he Family Economist is somewhat
altered in size and shape. It has the
advantage of age, for it was established, we are
told, in the year 1848, and has, therefore, acquired
a dignified standing among the crowd of cheap
publications. It seems to be excellently adapted
for family reading, and has several instructive
papers for the benefit of juvenile members.—The
It'ild Flowers of England, by the Rev. R. Tyas,
are continued, and the author preserves his plea-
sant and simple style of conveying botanical know-
ledge.—Routledge's Illustrated Natural .History
bids fair to become one of our most valuable
zoological works. The part before us, which is as
usual amply supplied with excellent woodcuts,
treats of the several varieties of the rabbit and the
squirrel, and commences a description of the
various kinds of cattle.