... . It would have been strange indeed if the quincen tenary celebrations at Winchester last week had not been carried out with that enthusiasm for which the disciples of William of Wykeham have always been remarkable. The weather, an all-important factor in such proceedings, was perfect. The ceremonies of Tuesday began, as the founder would surely have wished them to begin, with Wykehamists, old ...

... . The season is virtually over, and the squalid village, as Mr. Grant Allen post prandially dubbed our Metropolis, is, from the society point of view, a veritable deserted village. When one can cross Bond Street at four o'clock without an instant's delay, can pass the awkward corner of Devonshire House and enter the hospitable portals of the Isthmian Club without danger or the welcome ...

... LETTEES FEOM COLONIAL COUSINS. Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg-- not Johannesberg, as it is sometimes spelt-- is a town, not a mountain, although from its lofty situation on a plateau, nearly 6000 ft. above the sea, the mistake might very easily arise. The town stretches along the crest of a ridge, on the southern slope of which the Main Reef runs for some thirty or forty miles, and ...

... THE WORLD OF SPORT. CRICKET. Is cricket a game of skill or of blind chance merely? I am moved more particularly to ask this question because of some recent doings in cricket history. Week after week I have harped upon the glorious uncertainty of the game, giving copious illustrations from current matches. Taking the season all through, surprises have been the rule rather than the exception, ...

... THE BOOK AND ITS STORY. QUESTIONS AT ISSUE. BY EDMUND GOSSE. If I were asked to say what seems to me the distinctive quality of this charming volume (W. Heinemann), I should single out from Mr. Gosse's armoury a weapon which does more redoubtable service than the invisible sword in the fairy tale. Above all things, Mr. Gosse is urbane. His urbanity is such that he has discussed with perfect ...

... A LEADER OF AMERICAN WOMEN. A CHAT WITH MRS. POTTER PALMER. No name, certainly no woman's name, has been more prominently connected with the World's Fair than that of Mrs. Potter Palmer. If the huge Exposition has done anything for women, a large share of the credit is undoubtedly due to Mrs. Potter Palmer. I came to this conclusion although it was altogether a foregone conclusion as one ...

... AM1 NOTES. On Bank Holiday, even before those words are beneath the eyes of readers, the Academy of 1893 is destined to close. Year by year the great historical exhibition opens its doors to the public: year by year the public flock to its galleries: the critics carp, the many applaud, odious comparisons are struck, and the sacred Forty, with their stupendous following, return for the ...

... MISS CISSY LOFTUS, THE NEW STAR AT THE GAIETY THEATRE. Reproduced by kind permission from the 11 Lady's Pictorial ...

... A EEMAEKABLE COWBOY EACE. AN EVENT OF THE WORLD'S FAIR. Some time ago a terrible race on horseback-- terrible to the horses-- was ridden by German and Austrian officers between Berlin and Vienna. Quite a different interest-- a breezy, healthful, almost a romantic interest-- attaches to a cowboy race which has just been run over the prairies of Western America. It was, in fact, a World's Fair ...

... . Rothamsted, where for fifty years Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert have with eminent success shown not only England hut the whole civilised world how valuable to agriculture is the science of chemistry, and where the jubilee of their exertions in the cause of scientific husbandry was celebrated with many presentations and congratulations a few days since, is an ancient manor house, built in ...

... . Wellington. New Zealand. MY DEAR VICTOR,-- Here I am again, full of news and notes. Some folks live in a city all their lives, and yet do not know by personal inspection the beauties which lie close at their doors. At any rate, that has been my experience, for, although quite a newcomer to this capital of the Britain of the South, yet when I have spoken to several old settlers I have been ...

... BY CAPTAIN COE. To that mysterious body known throughout the length and breadth of the land as the talent the victory of Bill at Brighton must have been particularly acceptable, for the son of Kineton had times without number previously betrayed the confidence reposed in him. He was bought by Captain Machell from a well-known Irish owner, and the Bedford Cottage Mentor transferred him to Mr. ...