THE ATHENÆUM
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
THE FINE ARTS, MUSIC, AND THE DRAMA.
THIS WEEK'S ATHENÆUM contains Articles on
The VICTORIA HISTORY of the COUNTY of SURREY.
BYGONE YEARS. LECTURES on the HISTORIANS of BOHEMIA.
1815.—La SECONDE ABDICATION—La TERREUR BLANCHE.
GESCHICHTE der JAPANISCHEN LITERATUR.
BOOKS on the WAR. SHORT STORIES. FISHING.
The ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.
PAINTED TOMBS in the NECROPOLIS of MURISSA. The SALONS. The TWEEDMOUTH SALE.
COVENT GARDEN OPERA. HILLIER FESTIVAL.
LAST WEEK'S ATHENÆUM contains Articles on
The BOOK of the SPIRITUAL LIFE. LETTERS of the LAMBS.
The AUTHOR of 'JOHN INGLESANT.'
SCHOOL-BOOKS.
LIST of NEW BOOKS.
Also—
LITERARY GOSSIP.
SCIENCE:—Metapsychical Phenomena; The Electrical Constitution of Matter; Petrarch's Geography; Societies; Meetings Next Week; Gossip.
FINE ARTS:—The Royal Academy and its Members; Two Exhibitions; The Louis Huth Engravings; Sales; Gossip.
MUSIC:—Tristan; Tannhauser; Rigoletto; Die Meistersinger; L'Amico Fritz; Gossip; Performances Next Week.
DRAMA:—Hawthorne, U.S.A.; Beatrice; Gossip.
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