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The Holiday Prize. By Ellinor Davenport Adams. (jarrold...

Monta g ue offers a g reat prize to that boy who durin g the holidays should bear himself in the fashion most nearly approachin g perfect kni g hthood. The boys accordin g ly......

A Question Of Faith. By L. Dou G Al. (hutchinson And Co.)—

Alice Bolitho is an a g nostic. She has no faith, she says, in a Providence. And her lover, comin g to know of a complication in which she is involved without any fault of her......

Brenda's Experiment. By Sur G Eon-major H. M. Greenhow....

is a story of the Indian Mutiny, the plot bein g complicated with the private fortunes of the youn g lady who tries the "experiment" She is the dau g hter of a Professor who is......

The Rebel Chiqf. By Hume Nisbet. (f. V. White And

Co.)— This story of Maori life has some vivid scenes of tribal custom and warfare, and some g ruesome descriptions of fi g hts and cannibal feasts. It is not a work of art, and......

New English. Dictionary. Edited By Dr. James A. Ii. Murray.

" Diffiuent " to " Disburden." Vol. III. (Clarendon Press.) This is the third of the q uarterly instalments for the year. It is interestin g to compare from time to time the......

On Sermon Preparation. By The Bishop Of Ripon And Others.

(Seeley and Co.)—Twelve well-known preachers g ive their ideas about the preparin g of sermons. Amon g them are Deans Farrar and Lefroy, Archdeacon Sinclair, Mr. W. H. M. H.......

Colonial Dames And Goodwives. Written By Alice Morse...

and Bird.)—Miss Earle has gathered to g ether from various sources some curious and interestin g details, both g rave and g ay, of life in the early days of the American......

Curious Church Gleanings. Edited By William Andrews. (w.

Andrews, Hull.)—Mr. Andrews has followed up with the volume before us an earlier collection of papers, under the title of "Curious Church Customs." The introductory paper is......

Herbert Vanlennert. By C. F. Keary. (w. Heinemann.)—mr....

name su gg ests recollections not at all in keepin g with the book now before us, has written an undoubtedly clever tale. There is, we think, far too much of it. The si g ht of......

The New Life In Christ. By Joseph A G Ar Beet, D.d.

(Hodder and Stou g hton.)—This volume, described by its author as " A Study in Personal Reli g ion," obviously is outside the ran g e of ordinary criticism. We must be content......