. Review of reviews and world's work. the military andpolitical situation inFranceand Germany preceding thewar, including the escape of the Empress from Paris,—the latter a narrative which had remained unpublishedfor some twelve years, because of a feeling of delicacy onthe part of the writer. Dr. Evans died before his taskhad been completed, and the present volume has beenedited by Edward A. Crane, , one of his making no pretensions to literary ability. undoubtedly possessed the gift of saying whathe had to .say with sincerity and directness. The humanpersonal int
. Review of reviews and world's work. the military andpolitical situation inFranceand Germany preceding thewar, including the escape of the Empress from Paris,—the latter a narrative which had remained unpublishedfor some twelve years, because of a feeling of delicacy onthe part of the writer. Dr. Evans died before his taskhad been completed, and the present volume has beenedited by Edward A. Crane, , one of his making no pretensions to literary ability. undoubtedly possessed the gift of saying whathe had to .say with sincerity and directness. The humanpersonal interest in the notes and letters more than atone for the lack of lit-erary form, — a formwhich even the pains-taking work of has not been ableto supply. The fourth and lastvolume of Mr. Poult-ney Bigelows Historyof the German Strug-gle for Liberty, illus-trated with portraits,has been published byHarpers. This volumetreats of the interesting Sturmunci Drang period, thepouLTNEv BiGELOw. revolutiou of 1848. Bigelows study and trainipg have made him peculiarlywell fitted to picture for us this period of German his-tory, which, although so near the present day, is so littleknown. He has fortified his narrative with copiousquotations, notes, and bibliographical references. Therevolutions of Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna, and Munichare graphically depicted, and we can see the tremen-dous growth of the influence of the laboring classes andof socialistic doctrines in Germany under the guidanceof Engels and Marx. The memoirs, observations, reminiscences, and coUt;elusions of the late Col. Charles Denby have been published by L. C. Page & Co. under the title China andHer People. This work is in two volumes, and is pro-fusely illustrated with half-tone engravings, charts,and maps. Colonel Denbys record in our —thirteen successive years as American ministerto China^s unique. Through three administrationsand part of a fourth he remained at the C
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