19 FEBRUARY 1898, page 19

" Realities " Of Sea Life.*

THE title of this book raises hopes that are dashed im- mediately its perusal is begun. For many years past there has been abundant need for an authoritative work dealing in......

Twelve Years In A Monastery.*

WE have no great liking for the class of literature to which this book belongs. The author, a Franciscan friar, abandoned his Order after twelve years of monastic life because......