Memoir Of The Right Hon. Sir W. Houle. Edited By
Emma Leathley. (Bentley.)—The outside of this book excites an expectation which the title-page disappoints. There we read "Memoir of the Early Life, dm." Mr. Justice Mettle had......
The Worthies Of Cumberland. By Henry Lonsdale,...
are Dr. Lonsdale's subjects in the volume before us are "The Howards," under which title are included "Belted Will," Charles, Duke of Norfolk, Henry Howard of Corby, Mrs.......
Michael Tresidder : A Cornish Tale. 2 Vols. (bentley.)—we...
see anything especially "Cornish " about Michael Tresidder, except it be a few lines here and there descriptive of Cornish scenery and the dis- tinguishing prefix of the hero's......
Stray Thoughts And Short Essays. By J. R. Pretyman....
—This is one of the books which have a tendency to irritate a critic. What Mr. Pretyman says is, on the whole, true and sensible enough. He does not make blunders which one......
Chronicles Of Golden Friars. By T. S. Le Fenn. 3
vols. (Bentley.) —Mr. Le Fenn does not make us tremble as he used to do. Is it that his hand has lost something of its cunning, or that we have grown less impressionable?......
Love And Law, Or, The Two L's. By A. Mactavish.
(London : Cassell, Patter, and Galpin.)—Mr. Mactavish might have secured the luck which attaches to odd numbers by adding a third L on the title-page, as the story turns—as it......
Political Events Accompanying The Conquest And Settlement...
of Britain by the Saxons, Danes, and Normans." An introductory chapter deals with the Roman occupation of the island. Thus we have a tolerably complete account of what might......
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