Recently, amidst an outburst of patriotic exuberance, the people of Hungary celebrat-oda thotisind years of their' country's existence as a State by a successful ex hibition in the gay twin-city of Bu Amongst the literature the event produced was a booklet intended to give visitors an idea of the past and present condition of the country. The English edition was prepared under the editorial supervision of Dr. John Horrowitz, and a copy which has lately reached us cally for more than a passing note. It contains over twenty articles from such well-known writers as Maurus Jokai, Professor Arminius Vambéry, Dr. Alexander Wekerle, Dr. Desider Csinki, Eugen Ritkosi, and Dr, Julius Horvath, and whilst claiming to be little more than & hand-book it is full of interest, even to those who may never hope to visit the regions with which it deals, To the student of history and humanity Hungary has great attractions, There the inrush of Orientalism which threatened to overwhelm Europe spent itself, and in turn Christianity found its strong bulwark against the shock of Mahommedanism. We adopted," says Dr.
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