12 MARCH 1904, page 23

A Bush Honeymoon. By Laura M. Palmer-archer (" Bush- Woman

"). (T. Fisher Unwin. Ss.)—This is a collection of rather striking Australian stories and sketches, of which the first, which gives the book its title, is by no means the best.......

The Monthly Review.

In the Monthly Review Mr. ii. J. Tennant, M.P., makes a real contribution to the fiscal discussion by his article on "The Favoured Foreigner : a Comparison in Burdens." Mr.......

Jamie& The Prodigal. By Tom Gallon. (ward, Lock, And Co.

6s.) — Mr. Tom Gallon gives us in this book the story of six most exciting days spent by an escaped convict. Inasmuch as he is marked out for the role of hero, he necessarily......

The Rise Of Ruderiek Cloud. By Josiah Flynt. (grant...

5s.)—It is not uninteresting or uninstructive to compare this- story with romances of the "Jack Sheppard" kind. Ruderick Clowd is a first-class thief—in New York, it should be......

His Eminence. By Lady Helen Forbes. (e. Nash. 6s.) — The...

of this story is a small Italian State at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Cardinal d'Este (" his Eminence" of the title) has at the beginning of the novel a successful,......

The Interloper.*

MRS. JACOB is to be doubly congratulated on The Interloper, —first, on having written a singularly interesting and attractive story, and second, on having maintained the high......