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CHATTO cV WINDUS, PICCADILLY. 11Crown Svo, cloth extra,with Illustrations,p. 6d.Finger-Ring Lore;Historical, Legendary, and Anecdotal. — Earliest Notices;Superstitions;RingInvestiture,Secular and Ecclesiastical;Betrothal andWedding Rings;Ring-tokens; Memorial and Mortuary Rings;Posy-Rings; Customs and Incidents in Connection with Rings;RemarkableRings, &c. ByWilliam Jones, F.S.A. With Hundredsof Illustrations of Curious Rings of all Ages and Countries.** Enters fully into the whole subject, and gives an amount of informationand general readingin reference thereto which is of very highinterest. Tliebook is not only asort ofhistory offinger-rings,but isa collection ofanecdotesin connection with them. . .. The volume is admirably illustrated, andaltogether affordsanamountof amusement a?id information which is nototherwiseeasily accessible" — Scotsman.** One of those gossiping books which are as full of amusement as of instruction"— Athenæum.One Shilling Monthly, Illustratedby Arthur Hopkins.The Gentleman's Magazine.Editedby Sylvanus Urban, Gentleman.TNseeking to restore the "GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE " to the position"*itformerly held, ihe Publishers do not lose sight ofthe changedconditionsunder whichit now appears. While maintaininganhistoricalcontinuity whichdates back to the reignof George the Second, there will be no attempt to burdenthepresent with the weightof a distant past,or to ad/iereslavishly totraditionsthe application of"which is unsuited to ihe altered conditions of society at thePresent time. It is sought to render the Magazine to ihe gentlemanof to-daywhat in earlier times it proved to the gentleman of a past generation.features will be introduced Newto take the place of those which disappear;in themost iinportant respects, however, the connecting links between thepresent andthepast will be closest. Biography and History, which havealways formed aconspicuous portion of the contents, will retain tlie prominenceassigned them,and"will be treated-with the added breadth that springsfrom increasedfamiliaritywith autltorities and more exact appreciation of the province of theBiographer and the Historian. Science, which confers upon the age specialeminence, will have its latest conclusions andforecasts presented in a mannerwhich shall bring them within the g?'aspof the general reader. ThePhilosophicalasfect of Politics, the matters which affect Imperialinterests, will beseparatedfrom the rivalries ofparty,andwill receive a due share ofattention.ArcJuEology (under which comprehensive head may be included Genealogy, Topography,andother similar matters),NaturalHistory, Sport and Adventure,Poetry, Belles Lettres, Art in all its manifestations, will constitute a portionof the contents; and Essays upon social subjects will, as heretofore, be interspersed.Under the head of Table Talk matters of current interest will bediscussed, andfacts ofhistoric value will be preserved. A Work ofFiction bysome novelist of highestposition will run through the pages of the Magazine,and willbe illustrated by artists of known excellence. With afull sense ojwhat is involvedin theirpromise, and with afirm resolution to abide by theirpledges,ihePublishers undertake to spare no exertion thatis necessary tosecurethe highest class of contributions, to place the Magazine in the first rank ofserials,and to fit it totake its placeon the tableand on the shelves ofallclassesofcultivatedEnglishmen.%* Now ready, the Volume for July to December; 1876, dothextra,price %s. 6d.;andCasesforbinding price 2S. each.