is, that a great conqueror may be a very small captive; whilst, on the other hand, the gaoler who has charge of a mischievous ward may be in durance more vile than his prisoner. To missionary biography a signal accession has been made in the Memoir of Dr. Judson; and the Life of Dr. Pye Smith is the record of a man of rare uprightness and purity. With all its insane self-idolatry, there are so many flashes of truth, and characters are sketched with such a fiery force, in Haydon's "Autobiography," that it is a very readable book. The new edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica" is enriched by a noble Dissertation of Archbishop Whateley on the "Rise and Corruptions of Christianity," and several additions of great value. Those who seek firstclass science in a popular form will find it in Lardner's "Hand-books of Natural Philosophy;" and those who want amusing information will find it in Albert Smith's "Story of Mont Blanc." There has even appeared within the year some genuine poetry, thanks to Mr. Alexander Smith; and we have just perused, with lively pleasure, a forthcoming volume of "Thoughts and Sketches in Verse," by Miss Caroline Dent,-very touching and beautiful, and well fitted to make the heart better.

The Great Exhibition gave London a thirst for stimulants, and Paris itself can scarcely be more greedy of shows and pageants. The Duke's Funeral came opportune for 1852, and for the year now ending an excitement was provided in the Camp at Chobham and in the Naval Review at Spithead. The manoeuvring of ten thousand troops of all arms was a splendid sight; but still grander were the evolutions of five-and-twenty ships of war, carrying 1087 guns, and forming a collective flotilla of 44,000 tons. The ploy which we are promised in 1854 is the opening of the Sydenham Crystal Palace.