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with which the number opens. Not at all the, sort
of matter is it with which we are prepared or
expected to deal, but in days in which pessimism is
in the air it is pleasant to find so outspoken an
utterance. Side by side with this it is edifying to
peruse the ' Impressions of America ' formed by
Mr. Frederic Harrison in the course of a visit he
paid to Chicago in order to deliver the annual
address in commemoration of George Washington.
One of the points on which he dwells is the fact
that he is older than the city in which he spoke ;
that at the period of his own birth Chicago, as he
learnt, was a village in a swamp with one hundred
inhabitants. The point he seems to have noticed
with most discontent was that from men of great
cultivation and humanity he heard such sweeping
condemnation of the negro race, and such cool
indifference to the sensational reports of lynching
which appear frequently iu the public prints. The
Viceroy of India sends an interesting account of
' The Queen Victoria Memorial Hall in India.'
Lord Cowper furnishes a vigorous translation of
some of the more important scenes in ' L'Aiglon ' of
M. Edmond Rostand, produced on Monday last
by Madame Bernhardt and M. Coquelin at Her
Majesty's. Mr. Vernon Harcourt writes on ' The
Next Coronation,' Mr. Atherley - Jones on ' The
House of Commons,' and Mr. Walter Frewen
Lord on ' Our Offers to surrender Gibraltar.' The
number indeed overflows with matter of interest
and importance, though papers on literary sub-
jects are not conspicuous among the contents.
In the Pall Mall Mr. William Archer and Mr.
Stephen Phillips, in a " real conversation," are in
happy accord in their censure of critics. They are
unfortunately discreet, or even enigmatical, in
utterance, and fail to explain who or what are the
objects of their severest censure. Mr. Archer
replies, in answer to a complaint of his interlocutor,
" When hostility to the higher drama is in ques-
tion there can be no doubt what paper you have in
mind." Personally we have not the slightest idea
what paper is meant. So sad it is to be " not in the
swim. We are bound to say that the complaining
strikes us as a little unworthy. ' Feeding Time at
the Zoo' has but one fault: it is much too short.
Mr. Wedmore writes on Chardin, and recommends
to the connoisseur the purchase of prints still to
be obtained at moderate prices. The article has
some excellent reproductions of Chardin's works.
' An Unpublished Chapter in the Life of Robert
Louis Stevenson' is both interesting and sadden-
ing. It depicts Stevenson in the period of hardest
stress. ' How the Welsh Water comes to Birming-
ham ' may be read with much interest, as may ' The
Voyage of the Polar Star,' by H.R.H. the Duke of
the Abruzzi. The whole constitutes an admirable
number. No. V. of ' A Londoner's Log-Book,' in the
Cornhill, is a clever and humorous piece of writing.
The Rev. W. Hutton gives ' Some Memories of
George Crabbe.' A very favourable estimate is
formed of the poet. We scarcely understand the
criticism that "Crabbe was generations more
modern than Scott." Dr. Fitchett continues his
spirited ' Tale of the Great Mutiny,' and writes of
Lucknow and Sir Henry Lawrence. We are sorry
to find in the Cornhill a paper on ' Rook Shooting!
worthy. In Longman's No. VII. (the last, so far as
we can judge) of * The Women of the Salons ' depicts
the lovely Madame Re"camier. ' In the Woods at
Sunrise' is a quite excellent sketch by Mr. Fred
Whishaw. Mr. R. R. C. Gregory writes sensibly
on ' The Mission of Mr. RiderHaggard, and Rural
Education.' Among other subjects Mr. Lang, in
'At the Sign of the Ship,' deals with Mr. H. B.
Irving's ' Studies of French Criminals.' In the
Gentleman's the most interesting articles are on
folk-lore. 'Some Further Folk-rhymes,' by Mr.
Arthur L. Salmon, are acceptable. Mr. Salmon, how-
ever, speaks too slightingly concerning the verses.
Rimes such as those concerning Tweed and Till
embody admirably rustic imaginings. ' Fish-lore,'
by Miss Finch, is very readable. Mr. W. Andrews
writes agreeably concerning Tutbury, one of the
most picturesque and interesting of our smaller
English towns. 'A Forgotten English Worthy,'
by the Hon. George A. Sinclair, deals with Lord
Cutts, characterized by Thackeray as " the bravest
and most beloved officer in the British Army."
Miss Georgian a Hill writes on ' Hugh Elliot : the
Soldier Diplomatist.' The cover of the Idler gives
a striking portrait of Dr. W. G. Grace, which is
reproduced at the head of his article on 'Cricket
Reform.' 'A Prisoner among Filipinos' is con-
cluded.
As a Pall Mall Magazine Extra has been issued Pictures of 1901, a series of reproductions of the principal pictures on view at the Royal Academy and the New" Gallery. It is admirably executed, and constitutes a marvellous shillingsworth.
MESSRS. CHATTO & WINDUS have recently issued No. XXVII. of their Academy Notes for 1901. It is included in the " Henry Blackburn's Art Hand- books," and constitutes a pleasing and attractive souvenir of the exhibition.
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