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Captain Fortune. By H. B. Marriott Watson. (methuen And Co.

6s.)—The days of the Great Rebellion have always proved a rich mine of material for the novelist who wishes to write historical romance. Captain Fortune, though not dealing with......

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author calls his book " a story of the pure in heart," and the reader, while acknowledging the truth of this description of the heroine, will regret that she has been placed in......

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generally known as " literary merits " go to the making of a good novel. By " literary merits " we mean a clear and graceful style, a sense of the picturesque, neatness and pre-......

A Daughter Of The Snows. By Jack London. (isbister And

Co. 6s.) —The Klondike is, as usual, the scene of the greater part of Mr. London's new story. Although the book contains a good deal of the poetry of the North, Mr. London's......