Cicero De Senectute. Vol. I., Introduction And Text; Vol....
Notes. Edited by Leonard Huxley, B.A. (Clarendon Press.)—That pampered person, the English schoolboy, is having his work made easier for him every day. It is troublesome to have......
Daidine ; And Other Tales. By Karl Erdmann Edler. Translated
from the German by the Earl of Lytton. 2 vols. (Bentley.)—There can be no doubt an to the intrinsic beauty of these tales—or, at least, of two of them—and we are grateful to......
"duke Domurn." (kegan Paul, Trench, And Co.)—if The...
this book is not a country squire, it must be allowed that he assumes the manner with much skill. His grievances are exactly each as our experience, and where experience does......
.tiasteli's Remains. By Barrett Wendell. (ticknor,...
Wendell seeks to emulate Nathaniel Haw- thorne, or, we might say, Poe. The last scans, where the dead millionaire's corpse is stolen from the tomb in the splendid church built......
Pompeii : Descriptive And Picturesque. By W. B Atter. (w.
Blackwood and Sons.)—Mr. Butler, who finds a text in his subject now and then on which to preach a little social or political sermon, describes in an interesting, lucid way what......
Edwin Paxton Hood. By George H. Giddies. (j. Clarke And
Co.) —It is to be regretted that Mr. Giddies could not have contrived to make the biographer leas prominent than he is in this biography. We do not want, for instance, to know......
Asserted, But Not Proved. By A. Bower. (t. Maher Unwin.)
— Olive Beauchamp, the heroine of this simple story, 78 a governess, and a very good specimen of a woman who is independent and courageous, without ceasing to be womanly. Her......
Kiniaff Place : A Tale Of Resolo■ion. By The Author
of "Dorothy." (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—This is the story of the war in La Vend5e. It is supposed to be told by the wife of one who took an active part in it, and it has a......
An Excellent Mastery. By F. Davenport 381188. (swan...
and Co.)—The "excellent mystery" is , as may be supposed, marriage ; and a very pretty story of marriage the author Mlle us. He, or she, has laid to heart the maxim that the......
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