In Verse And Out Of It. By Bernard Fielding. (digby
and Long.)—We do not see anything especially " metaphysical " in these " studies and stories," unless indeed " metaphysical" is the same as " unnatural." This quality is most......
The Marches Of Wales. By Charles G. Harper. (chapman And
Hall.)—The critic approaches Mr. Harper delicately, for he learns from the dedication to this book that Mr. Harper reads reviews, and sees how commonly the art of criticism is......
Furness And Cartmel Notes. By Henry Barber, M.d. (elliot...
London ; Atkinson, IIIverston.)—The earliest history, and the time before history, of which there are considerable remains, are first treated by Dr. Barber. These chapters he......
Britain's Naval Power : A Short History Of The Growth
of the British Navy. By Hamilton Williams, M.A. (Macmillan and Co.)—This is a pleasant little book. But when we have read Mr. Williams's modest preface we cannot help feeling......
Discords. By George Egerton. (john Lane.)—this Book...
very precious thing to any one with leanings for pessimism. " George Egerton's " music of life is all discords. "Lust hard by Hate" is the theme which she best loves to treat.......
A Girl's Folly. By Annie Thomas (mrs. Pender Cudlip). 3
vols. (F. V. White and Co.)—It is of very little use to waste space in the critical appraisement of a novel which is a work of manufac- ture, not of art, and in which even the......
Majesty. By Louis Couperus. Translated By A. Teixera De...
and Ernest Dawson. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—We should enjoy this novel more, for it is undeniably well-written, if we knew what it was all about, if we could identify the City of......
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