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upon Rodin, the great sculptor. Miss Elizabeth
Robins describes 'A Visit to Cape Nome, a sur-
prisingly bold excursion for a lady. Mr. John * oster
Eraser's account of ' The New House of Commons
is uEstrated by caricatures.. Mr. Winston Spencer
Churchill vindicates the British officer. Mr. Wil-
liam Archer takes an optimistic survey of the
drama, and Mr. Max Beerbohm expounds what is
'The Spirit of Caricature.'-A paper m Scribner'a
on Auguste Rodin, the sculptor, reproduces all
but exactly the illustrations given in that already
noticed) in the Pall Mall, This is comprehensible
enough, the most familiar work being naturally
the most easily accessible. Mr. Horton gives a
very readable account of 'Modern Athens, to
which Mr. Linson supplies some appetizing illus-
trations. Mr. Henry James has a characteristically
delightful essay on 'Winchester, Rye, and Denis
Duval'" with a capital view of Mermaid Street,
Rye. ' Russia of To-day ' continues very interest-
ing. The views of Tifiis and the Georgian Road are
very striking. Four more papers have to appear,
when the whole will doubtless be issued in book
form. 'A Comparison of the Armies in China is
instructive and important. The entire number
is of very varied interest. The Cornhill makes a
spurt with the new century. Its most interesting
paper is Mr. George M. Smith's ' Account of the
Birth and Parentage' of the magazine, which
are due to him. Besides being a most readable
paper, it is a genuine contribution to our knowledge
of literary history. ' With the Huntress,' a charac-
teristic poem by George Meredith, stands first
among the contents. 'More Light on St. Helena,'
which is edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, will be
read with extreme interest by the admirers, now
innumerable, of Napoleon Bonaparte. Mrs. Rich-
mond Ritchie supplies No. 2 of the ' Blackstick
Papers.' Mr. Andrew Lang sends a brilliant paper,
' Examinations in Fiction.' Dr. A. Conan Doyle, in
'The Military Lessons of the War,' answers his
critics. Sir Henry M. Stanley shows how on one
occasion he acted as missionary. The Rev. W. H.
Fitchett begins an account, at once dramatic and
picturesque, of the great Indian Mutiny. Urbanus
Sylvan, whose inversion of a name we the more
regret now that we know how great a man he is,
sends from Stamford the first of a series of ' Pro-
vincial Letters.' A truly appetizing bill of fare is,
it is seen, provided for the new year. Other novel-
ties are promised in what remains the most at-
tractive and entertaining of magazines. In the
Oentliman' u Mr. E. Perronet Thompson describes
the very mysterious ' Addingley Murders.' ' An
Old High Town and an Old Palace,' by Mr. Percy
Fitzgerald, deal respectively with Boulogne and
Kew. Mr. Albert M. Hyamson has a paper on
' False Messiahs,' who have been sufficiently
numerous. ' Summering in Canadian Backwoods,'
in Longmmi'ij, is a pleasant piece of descriptive
writing. Of more immediate interest is 'Nature in
London,' by Mr. Dewar, some of the statements in
which we can confirm from personal observation.
'Quotation,' by Mr. H. W. Fowler, is good, but
scarcely an adequate treatment of a great subject.
In 'At the Sign of the Ship' Mr. Lang, who is
always entertaining and not seldom controversial,
attacks once more the cult of book-plates. Ir
CcMe/r Magazine appears the first instalment of
Mr. Rudyard Kipling's story ' Kim.' The cover
has a striking portrait of Mr. Kipling. The con-
tents generally are amusing and the illustrations
numerous. CasselFs New Penny Magazine is a
marvel of cheapness.
MB. R. W. BINXS, F.S.A., of Worcester, who died recently at an advanced age, was an authority on Worcester porcelain, which he did much to mprove. He was an occasional contributor to N. & Q.'
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