30 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 25

The Gathering of Brother Hilarius. By Michael Fairless. (J. Murray.

2e. 6d.)—Hilarius, a novice in a Benedictine monastery with a great passion for art, goes forth to see the world, meets with many adventures —the scenes in the plague-stricken villages are drawn with peculiar power and vividness—and finally comes back to his monastery, where in time he rises to be Abbot, showing himself always, whether he obeys or rules, full of love and wisdom. The book is written with much eloquence, now and then, it may be, a little over-ornate, but with much beauty of thought and expression.