29 SEPTEMBER 1888, Page 27

Igora: a Mystery. (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—iieora is a

curious medley of effective prose and hare-brained verse. When the author begins to poetise, he seems to make a conscious, dervish- like effort to go " off his head,"—and too often he succeeds in his attempt. His verses are nightmare reproductions of " The Ancient Mariner," " The Giaour," " Prometheus Unbound," and what not. He is not, however, destitute of imagination, nor of a certain realistic power. If he will give up ventriloquism and worked-up frenzy, he may do well enough hereafter.