... LIlE3,AT URE. HISTORICAL. PUzS ILLUSTBATI' THE HISTORT OF THE SaOws BBRGADE IN THE SEsvt E OF THE UmTrrnD NzTRnEsttaos, 1572- 1782. Extracted. by permission, fron I The Government Arehives at The Hague. and edited 'by James Ferguson. Vet. L - 169817S2. fEdirnburgh: Printed at tbe Univer- sity Pree.s by T. and A. Constzabb!, for the Scottish History Societv.t The second volume of Shsriff ...

... ITHE INTERNATIONAL CATTLE' I , SHOW AT PARIS. THE VAPIOPULS BREB DS SHOWN. Perhaps the most flattering acknotvledgmetils the French -nation could give as to our superiority I for beef production is their universal adoption of our shorthorns as a, beef breed. In the Paris show they rank next to the Normandy race in point of niumbers, making an aggregate of 116. entries, while they are by far ...

... In tihe Jnne nnuhber of Good Words' (Ilbisber and Co., Limited, Lonon) Dr Donald Miacleod has provided a foast of good things. The frontispiece is an erel- lent reproduction of Josef Israel's picture; Poor and 'Content is Rich. The editor contributes a fine appreciation of the late Duke of Argyhl, of whom there is a very ;good Portrait. Papers that 'will he read with much interest are The ...

... LITERATURE THe RBIAEEABLE HErTORY op RuDso;'s BAY COmpMB, r CGoerge Bryce, MT.A., L). W fllustrairion and Maps (oLdo Sampson Low and Cc.) ': In writing a history of the Rudon15'ay -Company, Dr Bryce has performed avajuabje service to the empire. During more than two centuries this great corporation h carried on its work in opening up and de, veloping the vast resources of the Noret West, and ...

... 1 LITERATURE . . llMAGAZINES. The Oornhill Magazine (Smitih, Elder, -and Co.) for April provides its readers with an excellent bill of fare. Ar Thomas Hardy . ontributes some delightful verses on 'The Souls of the Slain, from which it would be impossible to quote without quoting too much. Sir John Robin on, K.C .M.G., late as Premier of Natal, continues 'his South A Afrioan ...

... I TIME mONEY MA1IKTi (BY ' JOURNAL' SPECIAL WNIRE.) srei'Ktci EA 'tNRit ir~~lNs Stki d-it'dv April 25..,lay 14 Ti 2k't .la: - . ~Apt il 26, M-ay 15 fietrilne diays .pril 27 SlMay 16 Cesst~s n irtoxiay, tay 4. Ba,,e 1 T .ar .. 4 pc Lo nitn, T8iiesdlat ~igt. ('II 10111~w~t itlo ii dIeiiaiiii lti fronm pt tin. vvi~ pa1id, tixrnres boing an .tr : pet ttinl A ouisid~cerable tinitllit~ ...

... 'Uceht.,1 A'fthl IV& ?tournal Inca tbaga3 Hlotbaitg Gboatlp Monut them Under the heading -N.othing Ghostly About Them, a writer in the September part of Cassell's Saturday Journal quotes the opinion of an observant sanitary engineer. I was reading some time ago, remarked the latter, ti article which sought to show that some houses are 'unlucky,' with the result that tenants will not ...

... LIT ERAT U R AE FICTION. Tar. ITATEP.S OF EDnrA. Bv ' OGuida. (London: T. Fither Uawin, Pater- -kn eeoniomic problem &i' gr-eai imnportalice- in the rast uvtderlices thle w-lole? storyi or ' 'The V-,ateri- of Ed-ra. Tt is the probleme whniclu almaost invariably accompanies the substit-' t-on of tile new regime of joint stcek en ter- prise and sent-ar-ied production for the old roenime of ...

... I | POETRY. Hmfswns. By Charles Murray. (Aber- deeu: D. Wylie and Son, 1900.) M The author of this little volume of verse is, P we believe, a native of Alford, being a son of Mr Peter Murray, land steward on the n Haughton estate. Prior to his leaving for v South Africa, some twelve years ago, he u as one of ate most popular figures inivolunteer and athletic circles in Aberdeen: and we un- ...

... LITERATUR E. I RELIGIOUS. !RZMsoo TRAT WILL WRAR: A, Lavman's Confession of Faith. By a Scottish Presbyterian. (London: James Clarke and Co.) The motto Nee tamen consumebatur,whioh is conspicuous in the title-page of this book, 'may suggest a reason for the writer's anony-! mity. He probably belongs to one or other of the Churches which have the burning bush for their device. One of them, ...

... TH R IIARD'S WIFE. . ' D). tLiiTNlERE ANI)ERSON AUTHOR OF An Eccularise ok' the Northl, Through:,,9torsoy; Seas, Amy's Luck, etc. CMAPTEP. V. A' CONVICT'S WIFE, he stool ' -. ' - ; ^ , -- - don't, n ;- d- ' ' .: Sr compan3 : *- He- - A rath, r -uwai re* - 3 of the Convict Prisonat Saithousehead to make to a released prisoneortfor in ine cases cout of ten within a cornparatively- short ...

... COMM, LET US WANDER IRAR TR TOON. Come, let us wander frae the boon, To whaur yon burnie saftly rins And linnets build their downy nests, 'Mang heather, broom, and rugged whina Whaur gentle blue-bells sweetly New And gow'niee sparkde on the lea, And Sootia's thistle proudly waves- The emblem of our liberty; Whaur a' my early days were spent Ere I had heard o' eities gran', And ere my youthful ...