..-, - i _ Messrs Cook and Son, the renowned, excur sion agents, are about to issue ra'monthly illus trated magazine, to bear the title of " All the World Over." It will be chiefly devoted to travel, but will also deal with the leading social and religious questions of the day. ' It is also_ promised that the" new magazine •* will depict sail! phases of colonial life in its' true colours;and with photographic accuracy." : , Barry Cornwall's autobiography is to' be published in the course of the year by his widow. " '■• •; ■■'.-.:■•. Mr Carlyle and Mr Alfred Tennyson'have both declined the honour of a " handle" to their names. A Grand Cross of the Bath was offered: to the former and a baron etcy to the latter, but both have been "declined with thanks." Mr/ Carlyle's refusal of the honour is ■■< only what mi-,'ht have been expected of _ him,., and has caused no surprised Some wonder n'as been ex pressed, however, at Mr Tennyson's refusal, as he has. never expressed views similar-to'Mr Carlyle's, added to which he is a wealthy landed proprietor, with estates both ; in Surrey and the Isle of Wight, and is well able to keep up the dignity. Possibly he.-did not like to run, the risk of having invidious comparisons drawn between Ms conduct: and Mr Carlyle's, in the | event of his accepting the offered "title.. ; The | Paris Soir has the following- piece of news on I this topic :— tf Sir Thomas Carlyle has* gained the post of Queen's Laureate iv the comiieti tion of 1874"!

The sale of tte lately pulilislied' " iiilcerm^,i£; vohime"6f Kiugslake's "History of the C!rii' mean War" has l>een very large," an almost unprecedented luunLer of copies ba*ih^ 'been ordered for the Continent. It is reported that tins volume alone will bring in a clear profit of L3OOO to Mr.Kingslake. ~ , I THE CAMBRIDGE WILUrOLEBS. I Tlie result of the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos was made known oa the 29th iilfc Tlie list contained 8G names, as ag.oinst 111 last year.. Of the 88 there are 28 -wranglers, 34 senior or>tiines, and 24 junior optimes. 