England On The Sea. By W. H. Davenport Adams. 2
vols. (F. V. White and Co.)—Mr. Adams has put together here a useful and readable account of the doings of the British Navy from early times (the first battle described was......
The Works Of Thomas Middleton,. Edited By A. H. Bullen,
B.A. Vols. I. to IV. (Nimmo.)—Probably one of the boldest literary under- takings of our time on the part of publisher, as well as editor, is the fine edition of the dramatists......
In A Grass Country. By Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron. 3
vols. (F. V. White and Co.)—The offence of this book is aggravated by the frivolity of its title, and even of its appearance. If Mrs. Cameron must tell a tale of what she is......
The Boy In, The Bush. By The Late Richard Rowe.
(Hodder and Stoughton.) —This book is rather a series of sketches than "a tale of Australian life," though it has a connecting thread of personal interest. However this may be,......
Historical Bric-a-brac.* We Are Not Of Those Who Cavil At
the goods provided for us by industrious labourers in the literary field ; nor do we too curiously weigh the crops they harvest, or question the fact that the wholesomest bread......
Current Literature.
The Life and Times of Colonel Fred Burnaby. By J. Redding Ware and R. K. Mann. (Field and Tear.) —Messrs. Ware and Mann do not tell their story, we are inclined to think, with......
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