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The Work Of The Church In London. (john Murray.) — Last Year

five lectures on the subject indicated in the title of this book were given in the Church of St. James, Piccadilly. The present Archbishop of Canterbury gave a sketch of the......

A Trick Of Fame. By H. Hamilton Fyfe. (bentley And

Son.) —This is a novel of politics, the politics, it must be understood, of the future. One of the great parties, anxious to out the ground from under the feet of their rivals,......

A Man Of Honour. By H. C. Irwin. (a. And

C. Black.)—This is a story of the second Sikh War. The hero is the last repre- sentative of an old Irish family, and goes out with a military cadetship in time to take part in......

Armour In England. (no. 33 Of The Portfolio.) By J.

Starkie Gardner. (Seeley and Co.)—The ancient British, though an extremely warlike race, were not remarkable for any military equipment except their scythe-bearing chariots. The......

My Contemporaries In Fiction. By David Christie Murray....

Windus.)—We do not care, as we have said more than once, to criticise a critic. Mr. Murray has at least the right to speak without incurring the reproach that reviewers are......

The Scuttling Of The ' Kingfisher.' By A. E. Knight.

(W. H. Addison.)—We are inclined to think that Mr. Bertram did well when he retired from the detective business. He was distinctly unfit for it by his own showing. A detective,......

Don Balasco Of Key West. By Archibald Clavering Gunter....

and Sons.)—Don Balasco is a Spaniard who pre- tends to be a Cuban sympathiser, and betrays the cause to which ho is supposed to be devoted. He adds to his enormities by carrying......

Isaiah, In The Series Of "the Modern Reader's Bible," Edited

by Richard G. Moulton (Macmillan and Co.), will be found a peculiarly interesting and useful volume. Professor Moulton arranges the prophecies in seven books. An account of Book......

The Lady Ecclesia. By George Matheson, D.d. (hodder And...

is no little eloquence in the writing of this book, which is an allegory of the relations between the Christian Church and the world. We agree with Dr. Matheson in thinking that......