12 OCTOBER 1889, page 42

In The Years 1883-84 Are Only Published In 1889, But

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Hilary St. John. By Mrs. A. Price. 2 Vols. (hurst

and Blackett.)—This is in many ways an admirable novel. It has about half-a-dozen really lifelike and interesting characters ; the story does not drag, but moves along briskly......

Jima Japan To Granada. By J. H. Chapin, Ph.d. G.

P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London.)—Dr. Chapin is a Professor of Geology, but his favourite subject, when he enjoys a holiday, appears to be Architecture. Temples, churches,......

Herbert Severance. By M. French-sheldon. (saxon And Co.)—...

Mrs., or Miss French-Sheldon, has given to the world a very absurd and worthless story, which would be also a very tire- some story were it not rendered amusing by its......

Impressions Of Australia. By R. W. Dale, Ll.d. (hodder And

Stoughton.)—These chapters are reprinted from the Contemporary Review, and deserve to be published in book form. Dr. Dale writes modestly of a country which he saw as a......

Great Men At Ray. By T. F. Thiselton Dyer. 2

vols. (Remington and Co.).—These volumes belong to the class of manufactured books. Mr. Dyer brings together without much discrimination anecdotes of famous men gathered from......

Celtic Ireland. By Sophie Bryant, D.sc. (kegan Paul.)—in...

volume Mrs. Bryant brings together a great deal of information about the early condition of the sister-isle that may be found at large in the works of O'Curry, Sullivan, Stokes,......