11 DECEMBER 1897, page 22

Secret Societies.*

THERE are only three countries where secret societies possess any real strength—China, Italy, and Russia—and for this very reason, that they are still vigorous, our know- ledge......

Recent Short Stories.* There Is Probably No Department Of...

in which women compete more formidably with men than that of the • (1.) In the Permanent Way, and other Stories. By Flora Annie Steel. Lon- don : W. Heinemann.—(2.) Human Odds......