Dragon's Teeth. From the Portuguese, by Mary I. Servano. (Ticknor
and Co., Boston, 'U.S.A. ; Triibner, London).—A Portu- guese novel is romething of a rarity, and after reading Dragon's Teeth, we are not inclined to regret it. The translator euphemis- tically speaks of softening or even effacing lines and shadows " too strongly marked to please a taste that has been largely formed on Puritanic models." But what is left is far too Zolaesque for our taste. If this is a " graphic picture of Lisbon life," Lisbon must be very like Paris, as Paris is portrayed in certain French novels. —A Babe in Bohemia, by Frank Denby (Spencer Blackett) is a "vivid picture" of London life. It is only fair to the author to say that he points the moral of his story with great directness and vigour. All the same, we do not think that the story is one which it will be profitable to read, even though it does effectually banish any glamour that may dwell in " Bohemia."
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