19 JUNE 1897, page 19

Two 'volumes Of Short Stories.* No Matter How Pessimistic A

view one may take of the ten- dencies of modern fiction, it is impossible not to feel a certain complacency when one contemplates the achievements of our short-story writers.......

The Publishers Of The Middle Ages.* In This Second Volume

of Books and their Makers during the Middle Ages Mr. Putnam has set himself to describe the condition of the production and distribution of literature during the two centuries......