READABLE Novzx.s.—The Lost Road. By Richard Harding Davis. (Duckworth and
Co. 6s.)—The story which gives its title to Mr. Davis's book is not the best of the collection; some are pleasant enough, although no one is thrilling or especially original—The Bewildered Benedict. By Edward Burke. (Herbert Jenkins. 6s.)—The humour of the "Bewildered Benedict" would make excellent reading' or a hundred.ages: for nearly four hundred it is painfully thin.—Dielcie Devon. By John Overton. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)--A capital story of the Civil War. The hero is an involuntary and fascinating spy in the Parliamentary lines.—Idylls of a Dutch Village. By'S. Infers. (T. Fisher Unwin. lis. net.)—We should like to praise the delicacy of these idylls, and the care of Mr. Williamson-Napier's translation; but, to tell the truth, they are uninspired, and even dull.
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