The _Nibelungenlied_, which has been aptly designated the German
Iliad, has hitherto been a sealed book to the mere English reader. Mr.
Lettsom has however just published a most successful translation of it
under the title of _The Fall of the Nibelungers_. Few will rise from
a perusal of the English version of this great national epic--which
in its present form is a work of the thirteenth century--without being
struck with the innate power and character of the original poem; and
without feeling grateful to Mr. Lettsom for furnishing them with so
pleasing and spirited a version of it.

Captain Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of what was formerly designated
the Band of Gentleman Pensioners, has, under the influence of a
laudable _esprit de corps_, combined the disjointed materials which
Pegge had collected upon the subject with the fruits of his own
researches; and, under the title of _Some Account of the Ancient
Corp of Gentlemen-at-Arms_, has produced a volume of great interest
doubtless to his "brothers in arms," and containing some curious
illustrations of court ceremonial.[9]

Mr. Timbs, the editor of _The Year-Book of Facts_, &c., announces for
early publication a work on which he has been engaged for some time,
entitled _Curiosities of London_. It will, we believe, be altogether
of a different character from Mr. Cunningham's _Handbook_, and treat
rather of present London and its amusements than those of historical
and literary associations which give a charm to Mr. Cunningham's
volume.

We are glad to find that the most mysterious and mystified portion
of the Greek Geometry is likely to receive at last a complete