The Church Of The Sixth Century. By William Holden Hutton,
B.D. (Longmans and Co.)—Perhaps the most interesting portion —at least to students of theology—of this volume is the defence, or, we might say, the encomium, of the Emperor......
A Transatlantic Chatelaine. By Helen Choate Prince. (gay...
Prince's heroine, Silvia, is the most unlucky of her kind. She has a mysteriously unsatisfactory father ; marries a husband who promptly marches off to shoulder a musket in the......
Spring Time. Edited By Charles Peters. (r.t.s.)—this Is A...
volume, in which the sights and sounds of spring, the beasts and birds and other living creatures which it calls into fresh activities, the foliage of trees, the blossoming of......
Stories Of Everyday Life In Modern China. By T. Watters.
(D. Nutt.)—There is a very decided Chinese flavour about these interesting but long-winded stories told by Chinese to Mr. Watters. To us the most interesting are the two......
The Sacred Tree. By Mrs. J. H. Philpot. (macmillan And
Co.) —Though Mrs. Philpot modestly repudiates all " claim to scholar- ship, independent research, or originality of view," her volume will bo found to contain what is......
Last Days Of Knickerbocker's Life In New York. By Abram
C. Dayton. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—This is an illustrated edition of Mr. Dayton's volume, which was first brought out in 1880, Mr. Dayton having died in 1877. Some of the......
Women Novelists Of Queen Victoria's Reign. (hurst And...
was a happy thought of the publishers to collect this " book of appreciations." Seventeen "women novelists" who have flourished during the last sixty years (the choice is......
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,......
Royal Colonial Institute Proceedings. Edited By The...
Northumberland Avenue.)—Among the papers printed in this volume are " Inter-British Trade," by Mr. John Lowles, M.P. ; "England's Work in Central Africa," by Sir Harry H.......
Ballads Of Brave Deeds. By H. D. Rawnsley, M.a. (j.
M. Dent and Co.)—It is a great task which Canon Rawnsley has under- taken, to celebrate great deeds of our countrymen, in verse which shall be at least fairly adequate to their......
The Secret Of Saint Floral. By John Berwick. (macmillan And
Co.)—The incident which constitutes the " secret " gives occasion for some powerful description of human life and scenery in Rdunion and Madagascar, but it is not artistically......
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