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Windyridge. By W. Riley. (herbert Jenkins. 6s.)—this Is A...

written country story about a young lady who sets up in a remote village as a photographer. Photography, however, is only a side issue in the book, which is chiefly occupied......

Peer Gynt. By Henrik Ibsen. A New Translation By R.

Ellis Roberts. (Martin Seeker. Gs. not.)—The only English trans- lation of Peer Gynt hitherto has been the non-rhyming one by Mr. William Archer and his brother. Mr. Roberts,......

Readaiils Notzl8.—thil Bernal City. By W. J. Eecott. (w....

and Sons. 6s.)—The solemn optimism which seeks romance in the Corporation of Glasgow commands respect in spite of glaring improbabilities. South Sea Tales. By Jack London.......

An Allegory Of King Lear. By Charles Creighton, M.d. (a.

L. Humphreys. 3s. 6d. not.)—Dr. Creighton is apparently dissatisfied with King Lear as it stands, and is driven to search for a symbolic meaning underlying the story. This he......

The New Humply-dumpty. By Daniel Chaucer. (j. Lane. 6e.)...

is a country where there are bull-fights and the Portuguese language is spoken and a republican government lately exiled their young king. All the republic's horses and men......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice suet Books of the week as have not teen renerred for review in other forms.] With the Turks in Thrace. By Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, in collaboration......

Fiction.

THE DEBIT ACCOUNT.f WE have had occasion before to lament the modern habit of publishing a long novel in two instalments with different titles, and with an interval of many......