have the supervision of the commanding officer. If the entries were neatly made with a broad margin for figures, dates, &c., to each page, we believe that each period of fifteen years, viz., ten abroad and five at home, might be contained in a space considerably smaller than an ordinary Company's Defaulter's Book.

A Record should be kept in a somewhat similar form in each Garri

son.

In this way, we venture to think that, with but little extra trouble and no extra expence to the country beyond providing the Record Books, a large amount of practically useful information might be retained in an easily available form. For the value of information thus collected, we may ask our readers who have been in the habit of keeping a diary or notes, however roughly, if they have not often found their utility in after years, rough as the notes may have been and trivial as the circumstances recorded may have appeared when the memoranda were made. Even if no other end were gained by our suggestions being carried out, they would at least prepare the way for some uniform system of historic record in the army, the want of which in nearly all departments of the public service, was felt and animadverted on in the strongest manner by authorities like the late Lord Macaulay and Sir Harris Nicholas, as it has been by many others of lesser note both before and since. ANCIENT.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE for 1865.-If any book can fairly be described as an "institution," Lodge's Peerage may be so-called. It was first brought out in the year 1827, and as long as he lived Mr. Lodge made it his most assiduous care to obtain the latest information direct from the members of the aristocracy, thus giving a value to the work that none of the imitations now before the public can possibly possess. Since his decease in 1839, the work has been carried on with equal care, and now the 34th annual volume is before us, corrected by the nobility themselves down to the very day of publication. We have before now had occasionally to point out slight changes of plan, all of them improvements, but we imagine that the limit has now been reached, as we, for our own part, can not desire anything more satisfactory.

FIRST HELP IN ACCIDENTS: Being a Surgical Guide, in the absence or before the arrival of Medical Assistance, for the Use of the Public, especially for the Members of both the Military and Naval Services, Volunteers, Travellers, &c. By Charles H. Scheible, M.D., Ph.D., Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

The ample title of this little work, which is a neat, cheap pocket volume, with some fifty clear illustrations, gives a fair idea of its nature. It is by no means meant to supercede the services of the "medico," but, as he may not always be immediately at hand in the field, or in the bush, or on ship board, it gives directions which even a child may understand, and which, if carefully followed, will generally allow of his being wanted for without any increase of suffering or danger. Every officer is likely, at some time or other, to have his presence of mind and fertility and invention taxed whether fatal or non-fatal, to those under his command, and he cannot better prepare himself to meet such cases satisfactorily than by a careful study of this "First Help in Accidents."

GREEK ANTHOLOGY, with Notes Critical and Explanatory. Translated by Major Robert Guthrie Macgregor.

Some ten years ago Major Macgregor published a number of tra s

lations from the Greeks; two years after he gave to the world a collection of Epitaphs; and now he has given us a full half of the Greek Anthology, the study of which, it seems, has been his "relaxation in a hard-worked life of uncongenial duties." He disclaims the title of a Greek scholar, but he is evidently a Greek student, of no common degree of industry, as our readers will allow, when we say that he has, in the volume before us, furnished translations of more than 3,700 epigrams, on every conceivable subject. Many to whom the Greek Anthology in the original is a sealed book, will be glad to get an idea of the treasures that lie hid in its pages, and they may thank Major Macgregor for affording them a faithful and forcible version of a collection, from which much of the current wit and wisdom of our days is only a "crib," and disfigured in the operation.

MR. STEWART'S INTENTIONS. By Frederick William Robinson, Author of "Grandmother's Money," &c. 3 vols.

All who have been charmed by "Grandmother's Money," which is equivalent to saying all its readers, will find the present work one entirely to their mind. In fact several of the characters are the legitimate representatives of our old favourites. As is too commonly the case in life, the men of the novel are not particularly good specimens, of the genus, but they find loving, trustful women who welcome them back when they are tired of roaming, and treat them far better than they have deserved. This is particularly the case with Mr. Stewart, whose "intentions" seem often a secret to himself, and though he wins, and afterwards forsakes the heroine, Bertha Casey, all turns out for the best, for Bertha is at length united to his far more noble-minded brother. Mrs. Kingsworthy has many points of resemblance to Grandmother Tresdaile, but she has also vices and virtues of her own that make her a distinct character, and the real relationship in which she stands to her protégé, John Kingsworthy Casey is so cleverly masked that the interest of the tale is preserved to the very last page.

BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew. 2 vols.

Mr. Bellew is known as an eloquent preacher, and a clever writer on many subjects, but we believe that this is his first essay as a novelist. If his reception should be equal to his merits, it will be far from his last. He gives full scope to the picturesque diction in which he so much delights, and though appearances are at first terribly the other way, the halter is at last fitted to the right neck, and Blount Tempest, the supposed murderer of his uncle, is vindicated before the world, and made happy with the woman of his choice, who has clung to him, as only women will in the darkest trials, even to the brink of the scaffold, and there has achieved his deliverance. Why the murder was committed, and by whom, it is not our intention to tell, as this might deprive the reader of the pleasure of learning it in the more powerful language of our author.

THE THREE WATCHES. By W. G. Wills, Author of "Notice to Quit," &c. 3 vols.

To reveal what the "Three Watches" are, would be to disclose prematurely the catastrophe of Mr. Wills' last book. But, as in his Preface (now becoming a not unusual feature in novels) he explains that his purpose is to paint sea folk as they really exist, we may say that the scene is principally on the desolate shore of Lancashire, and that the hero, Tom Frompton, is the son of a poor curate, who from the evil example of Mosie Tompkins, an old salt, acquires many of the bad habits of sea life, though he has a genuine loving heart in his bosom. When a child, he falls in love with Mary Gowan, the pretty daughter of a rough old engineer, and though he roves about for many

a year, he settles down with her at last. His progress is sometimes retarded, sometimes helped by other characters, as his father, the simpleminded old parson, his sister Deborah, Dr. Colon, who is Mary's uncle, and Willy Blair (the type of the smooth-spoken scheming seaman, as Tom and Mosie are of the rough and ready class), but after he has married, his story is by no means ended. A false report is spread of a former wife being alive, poor Tom is harrassed, and stays on shore, when his ship is wrecked before his eyes. He is deprived of his master's certificate, takes more than ever to drinking, and only escapes the guilt of murdering his wife and drowning Dr. Colon and himself, through a variety of little matters that we do not care to mar in the telling. Suffice it to say that the humble Mark Antony, luckier than his classic prototype, finds redemption at last. The simile is our author's, and therefore we use it, though it is terribly unjust to poor Mary Gowan, to compare her to Egypt's famous Queen.

THE DAY-STAR PROPHET. By Mrs. Alfred Allnutt.

Sacred poetry does not often fall under our notice, but when it does, we are bound to give a candid opinion on it. In this particular case the duty becomes a pleasure, as Mrs. A has treated her theme, John the Baptist, in a loving and reverent spirit, and she has, by employing a variety of metres, avoided the monotony that too often attends a theme extending over more than 2,000 lines. Her volume, which is a small quarto, is very handsomely got up, and both externally and internally it is well fitted to grace the drawing-room table.

THE GOLD MINE AND OTHER POEMS. By Harriet Eliza Hunter.

The search for gold leads Norman Grey to Australia, and he encounters "moving accidents by flood and field" in the pursuit, which are told with spirit, and in pleasant measures. The same praise applies to the minor poems, which take a wide range, both of subject and treatment, and evince a very creditable mastery of the divine art of Poesy.

OBITUARY.

General George Irving, on retired full-pay, of the late Royal Irish Artillery, died on November 22nd, at Balmac, near Kirkcudbright, aged 92. He entered the service, December, 1793, became Captain, July, 1794; Major, January, 1805; Lieutenant-Colonel, January, 1812; Colonel, July, 1830; Major-General, June, 1838; Lieutenant-General, November, 1851; and General, December, 1856. He was formerly a captain in the Royal Irish Artillery, and retired upon full-pay when that corps was broken up.

General Edward Buckley Wynyard, C.B,, of the 58th Foot, died on November 24, at 27 Chester Street, S.W., aged 76. He entered the service December, 1803, became Captain, January, 1808; Major, March, 1813; Lieutenant-Colonel, April, 1814; Celonel, July, 1830; Major-Gen., November, 1841; Lieutenant-General, November, 1851; and General, January, 1860; Colonel, 58th Foot, January, 1861. He served with the Army in Sicily from 1808 to March, 1810, when he was severely wounded at the attack on Santa Maura, for which he subsequently obtained the Brevet rank of Major; he was also present and on the staff with the force that occupied Ishia and Procida.

THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST. The following is the official list of the names of the successful candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst :

1. Smythe, A. J. H. 2. Preston, J. J. 3. Brown, S. 4. Symonds, F. C. 5. Blandy, W. P. 6. Pollock, A. J. 7. Vincent, H. A. 8. Doyle, F. G. 9. Morshead, A. A. 10. Yorke, F. A. 11. Fraser, A. H. 12. Syms, J. G.

93 6,721

55 6,536 121 6,529

26 6,518

13. Pritchard, L. G.. 12 5,661
14. Jenkins, T. M.
15. Butler, J.
16. Waldron, H. C. A.
17. Emson, H. R.

Names.

58. Cape, A. H.
59. Williams, E.
60. Johnstone, J.

Index Number. Marks.

Hamilton, E. C. 61} Landon, C. P.

63. Martyr, T. R.
64. Webb, E. A. H.
65. Wallerstein, E. M.
66. Lowe, V. F. K.
67. Wetherall, W. A.

92 2,502

18. Bellers, R. G.

108 4,889

4 4,826
4,749

19. Wright, C. E.
20. Willoughby, C.S.P. 109
21. Deverell, J. B. S.
22. Yates, F. V. B.
23. Maitland, P. J.

36 4,726

76. Worsley, H. G.

15 2,230

77. O'Brien, C. W.

127 2,172

1

4.669 81 4,656

79. Wetherall, G. N. R. 69

2,107 2,046

2,030

81. Jones, O. C.

116 2,002

4,512

82. Gall, H. R.

134 2,001

26. Gordon, G. E.

64

4,463

27. Swetenham, H. H. 84

4,442

28. Stockley, J. C.

133 4,419

85. Carthew, E.

114

1,828

29. Smith, F. J. W.

STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN COMMISSION.

(Corrected to 27th December.)

With the Dates of Commission of the officers in Command.

Aboukir, 86, sc, Comdre. P. Cracroft, C.B.,