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closely the residence and wanderings of Rousseau in I wayman in the Light of his own Newspaper.' Miss
Savoy among a race unlike the Provencal, honest, Constance A. Barnicoat is impressed by the view
hospitable, industrious, but with a pleasant tinge of concerning Ophelia that makes her the mother of
Italian and Spanish elements. With other environ- an illegitimate child, a view that has found some
ments of Rousseau's life, however, Mr. Havelock defenders. Amy Tasker has more to say on ' Mary
Ellis deals, and he says concerning Madame de Stuart and the Murder at Kirk o 3 Field,' and Dr.
Warens that she might have remarked of her love Sullivan writes on ' The Psychology of Murder in
affairs, with Madame Gaussin, " Que voulez-vous ? Modern Fiction,' from Stendhal to D'Annunzio.
Cela leur fait tant de plaisir, et cela me coute si Dr. Farquharson gives, in Longman's, some valuable peu." Dr. Todhunter speaks with enthusiasm con- advice to new M.P.s as to their behaviour in the cerning 'Mozart as a Dramatic Composer.' His House. Canon Vaughan sends to the same magazine decision that Mozart, not Wagner, should be the a pleasing account of ' Isaak Walton at Droxford,' model for future composers is not the less interest- which casts new light on the "gentle angler." In ing for running counter to modern judgment. Mr. ' At the Sign of the Ship ' Mr. Lang asks after Lewis Melville pauses in the rush of life and falls the author of ' Restalrig' and 'St. Johnstoun.' In into a backwater with Disraeli's novels. In reading another portion of our columns he will find the of " the mother of navies " we should scarcely information he seeks. He is in admirable form expect to come back, as we do, upon Ulysses. | throughout his lucubration. In the Nineteenth Century the Rev. H. Maynard Smith uses some strong language concerning Mr. , ,, TT Mallock and the Bishop of Worcester. In 'The MB. HERBERT W. WHITE is issuing a series of Literature of Finland ' Hermione Ramsden finds 91 d , In g leborou g h Pamphlets," in which the an untrodden path and introduces us to six inter- authors long-continued antiquarian researches in esting writers of whom few can previously have and around Ingleborough are recorded. The district heard. Mrs. Frederic Harrison's 'Table-Talk' is 1S " ch archaeological interest, notably in Roman particularly interesting and suggestive, and shows a , nd ancient British remains. The first number of fresh and very acute observation. She gives some e series, with many illustrations, is announced by admirably pointed counsel on the art of conver- ' M " 1 n '" f Sf ~" V
Mr. Elliot Stock.
sation. Sir Herbert Maxwell revives 'Sir Robert
Wilson, a Forgotten Adventurer.' Mr. Langton
Douglas comments on ' The Exhibition of Early
Art in Siena.' ' Woman in Chinese Literature "
may be read with pleasure and advantage.
The Pall Mall reproduces in colour, from West-
minster Abbey, the wax effigies of Queen Elizabeth
to
We must call special attention to the following notices : ON all communications must be written the name
appears in the Cornhill, Mrs. Frederic Harrison
saw far more than falls to the lot of the average
traveller. ' In the Throes of Composition,' by Mr.
Michael MacDonagh, is a characteristic piece of
'Work, showing the conditions under which many
well-known authors have written. As a rule,
silence is indispensable to the writer, but many
instances are furnished of those who can write
regardless of noise around them. Mr. Lang, in
his " Historical Mysteries," is more hilarious
than usual in describing ' Saint - Germain the
Deathless,' whom he treats as a sort of Wander-
ing Jew. We should like, though we dare not, to
suggest the latest metempsychoses of this illusive
^individual. ' Household Budgets Abroad ' goes far
afield, dealing with Australia. A singularly good
number of the Gentleman's has a very appreciative
paper by our friend Mr. Thomas Bayne upon the
poetry of our whilom and much regretted con-
tributor Mr. A. J. Munby. Mr. Holden Mac-
Michael, another valued contributor, sends a
supremely interesting paper on ' The London High-
and Charles II. These and other figures are the and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub-
subject of a meditative and humorous essay by lication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
Max Beerbohm, entitled 'The Ragged Regiment.' WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately
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MOMIA (" Mummies for Colours ). You have overlooked a long reply on this subject from MR. F. G. STEPHENS, the well-known art critic, and shorter replies from other contributors. See ante, pp. 229-30.
M. N. G. ("Sic volo, sic jubeo"). Should be " Hoc volo," &c. Juvenal, vi. 223.
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