... the places which he visited during his stay in England are among the most interesting portions of the volume before us, and show that he possessed, at all events, an artist's eye, and took a keen enjoyment in observ- ing the beauties of English scenery ...

... -I'm moving along-slowly along-down tords V(olr place. I want you should write me a letter, sayins hon's the show bizuiss in your place. My show at present ?? of three moral Bares, a Kangaroo (an amoozin little suan 'twould make you larf to deth tosee the ...

... arranged in the chronology of their subject, not of their composition, give it something like the cohesion of a complete work. It shows us the opinions of an intelligent and liberal clergyman, a good man and a good writer, concerning the chief efforts that have ...

... shame, and a fouler thau the first one, That got thee first with child. These words are certainly forcible, but Mr Swinbtrne shows that he can write with much greater force when his metaphors and similes are more temperate. The idea of his book, though ...

... Lord Grey's Cabinet during the short remainder of its life. The work is equally useful as showing how much good work was done during this period, and as showing how mucli good work wvas left undone because Parliament was still inadequately reformed. It ...

... important work. This artist shows several excellent designs for pictures, painted in oil, and several extraordinarily powerful flower-pieces. Of the former, The Source (92) and A Sketch (99), and of the latter, Flowers (86), are especially noteworthy ...

... that Mr P. Macnab con- tributes under the title Scanty Shelter (17); and Mr C. Bauerle's Flowers (105) is a praiseworthy study of a girl and flowers. In Chancery (50), by Mr C. A. Calthorp-a flight of steps and a terrace, over- grown with weeds ...

... Reynblds's unrivalled power of mental characterisation; and in the Portrait of Lady Anne Lennox (77) we have a work which shows not only his mastery over a commonplace type of countenance, but also his extraordinary skill, as a colourist. This latter ...

... pure and simple pre- dominates. The Cat-Rabbit and the Cat-Show, which are not fairy-stories, but narrate the adventures of Selima with a baby-rabbit and at the Crystal Palace Show, are rnot the least amusing in the book. The Old Fairy Tales are ...

... to rival. We much doubt whether any other nation can show fabrics of porcelain so numerous, so original, and so excellent as the history of the art in England can point to at Bow, Plymouth, Chelsea, Worcester, Derby, and Staffordshire, the last including ...

... of which show that his influence was solicited in behalf of Mr. Disraeli by their common friend. Side by side with Mr. Disraeli's assertion that he had never heard of the Westminster Reform Club, he puts a letter from the secretary, showing the facts ...

... dame Poetry, Dame History, dame Architecture too, And goody Sculpture, brought with much ado To hold her up: 0 shows, shows, mighty shows! The eloquence of masques! what need of prose, Or verse, or prose, t'express immortal you? You are the spectacles ...