The Place Of Dreams. By The Rev. William Barry, D.d.
(Sands and Co. 3s. 6d.)—These stories will appeal to people who like to read of supernatural adventures and " black magic." In the first three stories the scene is laid in the......
The Coming Of The Preachers. By John Ackworth. (hodder And
Stoughton. 63.)—Mr. Ackworth gives us an interesting account of the rise of Methodism in a small country town. The picture he draws of life in England at that time is rather a......
C Urrent Literature.
HA.TJD IMMEMOR. Hata /mmemor. By Charles Stewart. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 7e. 6d.)—This book is one of the pleasantest volumes of gossip and reminiscence that have been......
Peter, A Parasite. By E. Maria Albanesi. (sands And Co.
6s.)—The title of this book is rather unprepossessing, but the story itself is worth reading. Roger Torre inherited a big estate and considerable wealth after be had started his......
An Island Interlude. By John Amity. (john Long. 3s. 6d.)
— An Hand Interlude is a slight but pleasant novel in which a man of forty makes acquaintance with a young and pretty girl whom he believes to be the penniless companion of an......
The Proving Of Priscilla. By Louie Bennett. (harper And...
6s.)—Slightly crude, but exceedingly clever and arresting, is Miss Bennett's story of Priscilla, the charming maiden of Puritan ideals who marries a man of the world, and runs......
Its Matter Is So Excellent And So Varied That One
does not wish it shorter. The point of view is so consistently Irish, Roman Catholic, and—in the only good sense of the word—reactionary that one would guess the calling and the......
Letters On Life By "claudivs Clear."
Letters on Life. By Claudius Clear. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. (Id.)—" Claudius Clear" does not belong to the select order of essayists who say things so well that it is......
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