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The Black Arrow.* The " Critic On The Hearth "

to whom Mr. Stevenson dedicates this very charming romance is certainly very hard to please. We should ourselves prefer The Black Arrow to any story which Mr. Stevenson has......

France And The Secession Wail*

" AT one stage of our civil war," writes Mr. John Bigelow in the preface to his very interesting book, " it seemed as though its fate was to be decided less by the belligerents......

Mr. Fox-bourne On English Newspapers.* This Is Probably...

book of its kind that has yet appeared ; it is certainly a very much better book than the late Mr. James Grant's on The Newspaper Press. The rela- tions between newspapers and......