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Leaves Us In Much The Same State Of Bewilderment As

The Sea Lady. Opening as an irresponsible and apparently jocular exercise of the scientific imagination, Mr. Wells is led by his severely circumstantial method to situations of......

Of Wine Is Ingenious, And The Adventures Of The Thief,

the hero, and the police in search of the accidentally dispersed magnums are often amusing. But the 1Iindoos who commit every atrocity in order to get hold of the jewel are......

They Twain. By Mrs. Aubrey Richardson. (t. Fisher Unwin....

Aubrey Richardson's second book, They Twain, is a decided improvement on her earlier story. The heroine, Joyce, is for the most part a convincing character ; and readers of the......

Or-rain. By S. Levett-yeats. (methuen And Co. 6s.)—orrain...

book belonging to the school which finds its original inspira- tion in the works of Alexandre Dumas. It reproduces with a fair measure of success the atmosphere of the days with......