17 SEPTEMBER 1898, Page 24

Scenes from Military Life. By Richard Penny. (Digby, Long, and

Co.)—This is a volume of good stories, varying, of course, in quality and interest, but with an unmistakable ring of sincerity about them, the genuine work of one who knows what he is w:iting about. "The Debating Society," for instance, might be said to be a little long. It is nearly equal in quantity to the three that follow it, "Private the Honourable Fitz," "For Her Majesty," and "The Fair to the Brave," but not equal in value, most readers will think, to even one of them. The last of the three is a specially good effort. We strongly reoommend this volume to our readers. Some of it, probably most of it, will please them.