The Garret And The Garden, And Jeff Benson. By R.
M. Ballantyne. (Nisbet.)—In neither of the two stories which compose this volume is Mr. Ballantyne quite up to his usual mark, although in themselves both are, in point of......
The White Lady Of Hazelwood. By Emily S. Holt. (john
F. Shaw.)—This is an attempt—and, on the whole, a very successful attempt—to reproduce, in the form of an essentially religious historical fiction, the last and miserable days......
The Percivals. By Evelyn Everett-green. (religious Tract...
this is a more ambitious work than has hitherto been attempted by the author of a number of stories distinguished more by simplicity than by any other quality. Mrs. Green not......
Strange Doings In Strange Places. By Divers Authors....
Co.)—Two disappointed and mad lovers, one who disguises himself as a guide and assaults his mountaineering mistress on the brink of a precipice in the High Alps, another who......
The Winding Way. By J. S. Fletcher. (kogan Paul And
Co.) —This is a strong and ingenious story, which is saying a great deal for a variation on the often-used theme of the personation of a dead man by a temporary comrade who has......
Eventide Light. By Emma Marshall. (john F. Shaw.)—this Is A
good specimen of the historical novel, specially intended for boys and girls, and suited to their capacities. Treating of the Armada period of history, it recounts the......
Ardis Claverton. By Frank R. Stockton E .. Works Oft O Low
and Sam p son Co.)—Extravagance is the life and sour ce ` ` of a kind whic p author of " Rudder Grange," but it is extrava Virgi o n;an iov C era leop . a oer fi c a h to we w......
Having And Holding. By J. E. Panton. (trischler And Co.)—
Mrs. Panton is well known in connection with pots and pans, the concealment of corners, and the adornment of attics. She seems a little out of her element in the realms of......
Wedding. Stories Of The Long Lane That Has No Turning.
By Robert Overton, and others. (Hutchinson and Co )—We cannot see the applicability of the second title of this collection of stories. Marriage, especially modern marriage, is......
Floss Silverthorne. By Agnes Giberne. (john F. Shaw.)—it...
pity that the very genuine piety in this book is so emphasised as almost to become—or at least to seem—unctuosity, and slightly to mar the story, which is a simple but rather a......
The Last Of The Matallisters. By Amelia E. Barr. (james
Clarke and Co.)—This is a story with the eternal Prince Charlie for sub- hero, and an athletic and violent young Highland chieftain, with no merits but athleticism and violence,......
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