Life Of A Celebrated Buccaneer. By Richard Clynton....
and Co.)—This is an allegory, and a very good one too. The " Buccaneer " is, of course, John Bull, and Mr. Clynton some- times hits very hard, too hard, perhaps. Occasionally he......
Dreams To Sell. By May Kendall. (longmans, Green, And Co.)
—The scientific poems of May Kendall have appeared in Punch: there is, therefore, no need to discuss the excellence of "The Lay of the Trilobite," or "The Ballad of the......
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......
Disillusion, And Other Poems. By Ethel M. De Fonblanque. (t.
Fisher lJnwin.)—" Disillusion" and the other poems in this volume are of a strongly sentimental character. The writer ex- presses with considerable ease the ordinary feelings of......
The Centenary Of What Is Commonly Known As The Linen
Hall Library of Belfast was celebrated last year ; and, as a sequel to the celebration, Mr. John Anderson, its honorary secretary, has pub- lished (McCaw, Stevenson, and Orr,......
Poems Of Nature And Life. By D. R. Williamson. (w.
Black- wood and Sons.)—These poems display a certain command of language, and the lines run smoothly, if somewhat monotonously. Nor is there wanting elevation of thought and......
Cathedral Bells. By Vin Vincent. 2 Vols. (griffiths,...
Co.)—The group composed of Ina Strong, the pretty, loveable daughter of the Canon of Carswell, and her three lovers, provides an interesting centre for a very simply and......
Tales Of Science. By The Rev. J. Gordon Mcpherson. (james
Gemmell, Edinburgh.) Mr. McPherson, a Scotch clergyman with a turn for science, has published in volume form a number of papers on subjects that specially interest him, which he......
Holiday Recreations. By Alexander Skene Smith. (chapman...
a decided mistake to begin a volume of poems with a poem like "Arran ;" " Arran " is—well, mere doggerel. This is rude, perhaps, but we cannot help it. The "Jubilee Ode" is fair......
Aalesund To Tetuan. By C. R. Corning. (alexander Gardner,...
Corning's style is very vigorous and lively, and he travels at a great pace, both in language and in actual sight-seeing. He makes no long stay anywhere, but hurries on as if he......
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