26 SEPTEMBER 1885, Page 23

A Man of his Word, and other Stories. By W.

E. Norris. 3 vols. (Smith and Elder.)—Mr. Norris has collected here some stories which, with one exception, the first, has been already pnblished in the Corn- hill Magazine. This first—which is, perhaps, the best—appeared, we think, as the feuilleton in an illustrated paper. Of the others, " Miss Jensen" is as good a specimen as any. All, we need hardly say, are pleasant and well told.