In " Bohn's Standard Library" (g. Bell And Sons) We
have received as the fourth volume of a reissue of " Hawthorne's Novels and Tales," Mosses from an Old Manse. Another repub- lication of a standard work is that of Sir William......
A Maid Of The West. By Mrs. Grange. (hurst And
Blacked.) —Assuming that fictitious cha -acthrs may be defined as deriving their origin from one or other of three sources—first, the author's own imagination ; second,......
Chapters From Some Memoirs. By Anne Thackeray Ritchie....
has seen, and kept picturesque reminiscences of, a number of interesting people. Her earliest recollections are of Paris. She saw Jasmin, the Provençal poet, and heard him......
The New Standard Elocutionist. (hutchinson And Co.) —...
result of a joint effort. The selection has been made by Mr. Alfred H. Miles, whose laborious volumes, bringing to- gether the best work of the poets of the century, are well......
A Dark Intruder. By Richard Dowling. 2 Vols. (downey And
Co.)—This is as clever a book of its kind as Mr. Dowling has ever written ; but then, the kind is one which makes the task of re- viewing very difficult to a reviewer who wishes......
The Play - Actress. By S. R. Crockett. (t. Fisher...
Library" goes on well, and promises to excel its pre- decessor, the "Pseudonym," excellent as that was. After all, it is better to call a book by its author's name rather than......
Some Men Are Such Gentlemen. By Arabella Kenealy. (digby,...
and Co.)—Lois Clinton, the quick-tempered, unconventional, but plucky and likable heroine of this novel, is a young lady of good family in extremely reduced circumstances,......
A Beautiful Soul. By Florence Marryat. (digby, Long, And...
story relates how an excellent, middle-aged, plain spinster, with 1.5,000 a year, obtained a prince consort in the shape of a handsome, penniless young man, whom she thrice......
The Witch Of The Juniper Walk. By Mrs. Frank May.
(Gay and Bird.)—These five fairy-stories which make up the contents of this volume are of the new kind. They are didactic ; they have a moral. The old folk-lore fairy-tale is......
The Art Of Horsemanship. Translated From The Greek Of...
by Morris H. Morgan, Ph.D. (J. M. Dent and Ca.) —This is a very careful translation, executed with a conscien- tious resolve to do complete justice to the original. This......
Mend Marian, Artist. By Eglanton Thorne. (religious Tract...
a pleasant story, written, it would seem, with a certain amount of knowledge of Roman places and things. It ends with the usual, or even more than the usual, pealing of wedding......
The Story Of Sonny Sahib. By Mrs. Everard Cotes (sara
Jeannette Duncan). (Macmillan and Co.)—This is one of the "Pocket Novel" Series, the latest form of the reaction against the dominance of the three-volumed tale. "Sonny Sahib"......
The Mill On The Usk. By Mrs. Arthur Preheat°. (kegan
Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This is a Welsh story, harmless, but of indifferent merit. Two young barristers—one of whom quite unexpectedly turns out to be a Q.C.---go down for a......
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