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When All Men Starve. By Charles Gleig. (john Lane.)—this Is

another of the far too numerous stories of the "Battle of Dorking" type. Its ostensible object is to "show how England hazarded her naval supremacy, and the horrors which......

Brave Men And Brave Deeds. By M. B. Synge. (nelson

and Sons.)—These " Famous Stories from European History" are, doubtless with good reason, taken from the annals of other countries than our own. It is well that our young people......

Pilgrims Of The Night. By Sarah Doudney. (w. H. Addison.)—

It might be objected to this tale that the construction is some- what lacking in unity. Is Dulcie Moss, the neglected wife, or Christabel, the faith-healer, the central......

The Pall Of The Sparrow. By M. C. Balfour. (methuen

and Co.)—The ordinary novel-reader will not like this book. He will pronounce it tedious, involved in style, incoherent in plot, and repellent as a study of character, if not......

Montaigne And Shakespeare. By John M. Robertson. (the...

eminently handsome and learned, though somewhat lengthy, volume is, in tha form of a , single essay, a contribution to what its author terms "the anatomic study of Shakespeare."......

Bad Little Hannah. By Mrs. L. T. Meade. (f. V.

White and Co.)—Hannah is very plain, very mischievous, very obstinate, but with great power of character, much courage, and warm affections, which could be called forth by......

Gesta Typographiea. By Charles T. Jacobi. (elkin...

of this little book describes it in his title-page as "a medley for printers and others," and in his opening apology as " a little volume of cuttings and notes which has no......

Victories," In Which He Described The Great Naval Battles...

our fleets have won. This he has now supplemented by an account of "duels between single ships and boat actions," which, BA he rightly says, "form almost as important a part of......