12 JANUARY 1884, page 23

John Herring : A West Of England Romance. By The

Author of " Mehalah." 3 vols. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—This novel Can hardly fail to be somewhat of a disappointment to the expectations which have been formed of the work which......

The Diothas ; Or, A Far Look Ahead. By Ismer

Thuisen. (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.)—These previsions of the future are getting to be a little tiresome ; and this, though clever and certainly well written, cannot be......

A Cambridge Staircase. By The Author Of " A Day

of My Life at Eton." (Sampson Low and Co.)—The writer has made a very de- cided advance on his last book, about which we felt bound to express an unfavourable opinion. We may......