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* Hiss Bellard's Inspiration. By W. D. Howells. London:...

and Brothers. [Us.) the American comedy of manners. In this sphere no one else has shown precisely the same talent. Mr. Henry James is subtler, and deals with more complicated......

Although " A Large Amount Of Matter Of Extreme Importance...

been purposely omitted" from these essays, they are good intellectual value. The author's statements and interpreta- tions of facts are clear, vigorous, original, and......