11 FEBRUARY 1893, Page 22

The February number of London Society contains some short stories

that are above the average ; and of the serial novels, Mrs. Croker's "A Third Person" is notable if only because of the obvious effort of the author to attain a higher standard in style than that with which she has hitherto been content. In "Some Ways of the World, Bygone and Present," Mr. W. W. Fenn tells some good stories, and reproduces certain pleasant reminiscences,