The Adventuress. By Mrs. Edwardes. (bentley And Son.)—...
sets herself a hard task,—to make her readers like her heroine. She has achieved, we should say, a fair success. The " adventuress "—unless indeed this title more properly......
Blessed Are The Poor. By Francois Copplie. Translated...
French by Winifred Heaton. (W. Heinemann.)—We have here two short stories in which M. Coppae insinuates, with all the grate that a skilful French pen can command, an admirable......
The Yellow Book.* The Third Volume Of The Yellow Book
is the first that has been issued by Mr. John Lane at his new sign of The Bodley Head.' When a publication of this kind reaches its third number and can no longer be looked on......
Current Literature.
South Africa. By George M. Theal. (T. Fisher TJnwin.)— The "Story of the Nations" is certainly extending its range of operations. We shall have to - enlarge the definition of a......
Acts Of The Privy Council Of England, 1571-75. Edited By
John Roche Dasent. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—The editor complains of the idleness of the Clerk of the Council in that he unduly abbreviated the proceedings which he had to......
Tales Of The Austral Tropics. By Ernest Pavane. (osgood,...
and Co.)--If these thirteen stories had been reduced by one, we should have had nothing to say against this volume. Comedy and tragedy are mixed in the tales, with the result of......
Glimpses Of Four Continents. By The Duchess Of Buckingham...
Chandos. (John Murray.)—The writer of these lively and agreeable letters took the overland route as far as Colombo ; thence she crossed the ocean to Australia. Of Asia and......
Testamenta Carleolensia. Edited By R. S. Ferguson, M.a.....
Kendal.)—Here we have printed, with explanatory notes, a glossary, indices, &c., a series of wills from the register of the Bishops of Carlisle during the years 1353-86. They......
History Of Haeldlesey. By The Rev. J. N. Worsfold. (elliot
Stock.)—Haddlesey is a village near Selby, in the valley of the Aire, a river which seems to have the habit of causing severe inundations (in October, 1892, two-thirds of the......
Three Volumes May Be Mentioned Together :—a Guide To The
New Death Duty, with Introduction, Forms, &c., by Evelyn Freeth (Stevens and Sons) ; A Synopsis of the New Estate Duty and the Finance Act, 1894, with Forms, by C. Harris......
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