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notorious friend John Hall Stevenson. ' A Summer
amidst the Sabines ' gives a pleasing picture, by a
female American, of life in Unibria. ' Roman
Letter - Writers of To - day ' and ' Optimists and
Pessimists ' are both to be commended. Scribner's
appears with a prettily designed cover represent-
ing Autumn, a girl holding a bowl of purple grapes.
The contents remain warlike. ' The Worker ' appa-
rently finishes with part vii., when, his journey
across the American continent accomplished, the
writer sees the Pacific. We cannot deal with the
questions raised concerning military and naval
adventures and exploits. It may be worth while
to mention, however, that while the service of
torpedo boats is shown to be of extreme danger,
doubt is thrown on the value of the boats. ' The
Woman's Paris ' will interest the fair sex. A
capital picture of M. Daudet illustrates a no less
excellent article, in the Pall Mall, on 'Alphonse
Daudet in Private Life.' Not the only illustration
is this, views being given of Madame Daudet and
of some "olive branches." Compton Wynyates is
depicted with the aid of photographs. It is to
be hoped that the descriptions of baronial halls in
England will be reprinted in a separate form. The
late Mr. Gleeson White has a sympathetic article
on Frederick Sandys, who is characterized as 'A
Great English Illustrator,' a name no one will deny
him. Sir Walter Besant's ' South London ' is con-
tinued. Some fine photographs of Leghorn will be
studied with interest by travellers in Italy. Mr.
Quiller - Couch supplies a further instalment of
' From a Cornish Window,' and there is an account
of ' Tuna Fishing in the Pacific.' In ' Fights for the
Flag ' an account is given, in the CornhUl, by the
Rev. W. H. Fitchett, of "the soldiers' battle,"
Inkermann. It is no less spirited than previous
battle-pieces from the same source. The Marquess
of Dufterin and Ava presents a stirring account of
' The Siege of Bomarsund,' as he witnessed it from
the deck of a yacht. " An Old Whig" gives ' Some
Memories of Kensington Palace.' Further ' Humours
of Clerical Life' appear. Canon Wood deals ably
with the perplexing subject of ' Witchcraft.' Mr.
Hector Fraser describes, in the Gentleman's, ' Winter
in a Deer-Forest.' The Rev. E. Peacock supplies,
under the title ' A Master of Trinity,' an account of
Dr. Mansel, Bishop of Bristol. Mr. Hyde's ' The
Low Peak ' is in part a continuation of a previous
article on ' Dovedale.' Mr. Pedrick dwells on ' The
Heraldic Aspect of Scott's Works.' The English
Illustrated has an account of 'Pavement Artists
and their Work.' Major Martin Hume depicts
'A Fight in Leicester Square.' It deals with
a disgusting but fatal brawl among drunkards.
Among other illustrations, 'The Royal House of
Austria' has a good portrait of the murdered Em-
press. Some excellent views are given of ' The
Monasteries of Meteora.' Mr. Rider Haggard con-
tinues, in Longman's, his ' Farmer's Year.' ' A
Dorsetshire Pastoral' is very pleasing. Mr. Lang
is entertaining ' At the Sign of the Ship.'
WE take the following obituary notice of Mr.
John Bohn from the Bookseller of 4 November :
" October 29. At his residence, near Brighton, aged ninety-two, Mr. John Bohn, probably the oldest surviving member of the book trade in England, and the last brother of James, and the better-known H. G. Bohn. His father was book seller to the English Foreign Office; an appoint
ment he owed to the good offices of Edmund Burke,
the famous statesman. He was sent to school in
Germany, and some two or three days after the
>attle of Waterloo was allowed, with some com-
janions, to visit the battlefield. He was initiated
nto the routine of the trade in his father's office,
and subsequently was for some years in business
"n London on his own account. In 1851 he was
- mployed by the Austrian Government to look
after the interests of the Austrian exhibitors in the great exhibition of that year, and shortly after- wards he joined the staff at Sotheby's as principal cataloguer, a post he retained until he retired about bur years since. During the forty-two years he was with that firm he catalogued nearly all the notable libraries which came under the hammer at
- heir famous rooms, including, also, the celebrated
VISS. of the Hamilton Palace collection, sold to
- he German Government, the catalogue of which,
though printed, was not issued in consequence."
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