Adam Duncan. By H. W. Wilson. (kegan Paul, Trench, And
Co. 2s. net. )—Doubtless Mr. Wilson is right in putting Duncan in the second rank. He was a great commander, but not of the greatest. It is true that he fell upon evil times.......
St. Kilda. By Norman Heathcote. (longmans And Co. 10s. 6d.
net.)—We may divide Mr. Heathcote's account of St. Kilda by the familiar division of past, present, and future. The most notable event in the past is the imprisonment on the......
Current Literature.
MR. TREVES'S EXPERIENCES. The Tale of a Field Hospital. By Frederick Troves. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—The hospital in which Mr. Treves worked was called " stationary," not because......
Eros And Psyche. Retold After Apuleias By Paul Carus, (kegan
Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s. net.)—This is a pleasing adapta- tion of the Roman romance, though told without any special distinction of style. The writer in his preface expresses......
Romeo And Juliet. Edited By Edward Dowden. (methuen And Co.
3s. 6d.)—Professor Dowden's knowledge and tact as an editor are too well known to need our commendation. He thinks the play an early one, on account of the character of the......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.) Random Recollections of an Old Publisher. By William Tinsley. 2 vols.......
Miscellanies. By Edward Fitzgerald. (macmillan And Co....
the most interesting thing in this volume is the memoir of Bernard Barton. He was one of the happy men who get their bread from business and their butter from litera- ture. At......
Government In Switzerland. By John Martin Vincent, Ph.d....
and Co. 5s. net.)—Dr. Vincent, after tracing the political history of Switzerland, discusses the details of the cantonal and federal government. The judicial system, the......
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