The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04
NO. 81
Literary Notices.

THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING Co., Al
Barclay St., New York, have promptly issued
their reprint of the British Quarterly Re
view" for October. The following is brief
account of the contents
"Tennyson's POEMS" This is not an analy-
Sis of Tennyson's works, the object of the pa
per being to account for and justify his pop
ularity, land to show the limits of his enduring
| fame"
The Lords Supper Historically Consid-
cred" A statement of some general princi-
! pies which have been derived from historical
research showing their great application to
the great Eucharistic controversies and a
discussion of the efforts to give intellectual ex-
preston to the main problems attaching to
this ordinance
1.-THE Art of Singing Past and Present.
The writer. Vernon Lee, gives history of the
rise and fall of this art, which he looks upon as
almost lost, though he thinks it might be re-
vived, should it become the subject of more
intelligent interest.
"a Dutchman on South Africa" e. Lecky
reviews an account ofthe Beers their language
and country, at the time of the annexation of
the Transvaal
Latham on Examinations,
'Sir James Outram'' q recital of some of the
chief incidents of his career, such as tanning the
Bheels and Koolees the first wars in Afghan
stan, ETC., etc.
Exploration and Mission Work in Africa"
An examination of the rise, progress and pres
ent condition of the great movement towards
civiliZing Africa
The Practice of an Architect" an answer
by L. Roger Smith to an article that peared
IN former number of this Review, entitled
The Profession OF an Architect" 1t chal-
lenges the truth OF almost every assertion to
the detriment Ofthe profession made in that ar
ticle.
Lord Northbrook and Lord Lytton" COM
parlsOn Ofther Indian administrations showing
the contrast between the strong ruler and tho
weak
Contemporary Literature" full, as usual, of
brief notices of recent publications.
BLACKwooDs MAGAZINE for October has
been re-published by the Leonard Scott Pub
fishing Co., Al Barclay Street, New York
The number is well worth spending an hour
or two over, both from its own merits and
as relief from the exciting topics of the cleo
ton
The serial CDR Wortle'e School, is contin-
ued; Bush Life in Queensland" is concluded,
and the bad people die and the good ones are
married. An interesting article on IN emory"
gives various pecullarltleS OF memOrieSA and =
concludes that what fian wants in memory
is not master-pGwer, but a servant. "The
Enchanted Bride" is founded on an Ayrshire
legend OF compact with the devil and its re-
suit.
1.-The Roof of the World" describes the pla-
teau in Central Asia $4,000 feet above the sea;
it was explored by Lieut.. Wood in 1888, and
the present interest attached to this region
makes the article very acceptable.
Other very good articles are Lois; a Sketch
of the sort forwhich Blackwood is famous, and
Society and the Salons before the French Rev
olution" indicating the influence of these sa-
Ions of the eighteenth century on the terrible
dramas which were enacted at it's close
The periodicals reprinted by The LEoNARD
SCOTT PUBLISHING Co., al Barclay Street, N.
" are as follows: The London Quarterly, Ed
5n6ufyh, Westminster, and British Quarterly Re
oeacs and Backwood's Magassne. Price, 81 a
year for any one, or only SIS for all, and the
postage is prepaid by the Publishers.