12 JANUARY 1895, page 20

The Book Of The Rose.* It Seems Almost Incongruous To

be discussing a new rose- book in the middle of winter, and we feel inclined to say with B iron :— " At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow on May's new-fangled......

A Leash Of Novels.*

Name this Child is, as far as we know, Mr. Chesson's first attempt at novel-writing; and the originality, vigour, and promise in various ways which it exhibits, make us look......