The Empire provides a round-up of the content of English journals for January 1868. The report highlights the following, among others:
Matthew Arnold writing on 'Authority and Anarchy' (Cornhill Magazine), articles on satire (Dublin University and Temple Bar), a newly discovered letter by Sir Walter Scott (Macmillan), the replacement of windows at Haworth Parsonage, once occupied by the Bronte sisters (St James's), a New Year poem by Astley Baldwin (London Society), the beginning of a serialised novel by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik together with contributions from Alfred Tennyson, Geroge Macodnald and Charles Knightley (Good Works), and short stories (Chambers's Journal).
