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Dick Pentr.eath. By Rath: Me Tynan. (smith, Elder, And 'co.

6s.)—This is a rather pretty and innocent little book, though it is difficult to believe that any one could be quite so foolish as Dorothea, the heroine, or so impetuous as......

Current Literat U_re.

ART-BOOKS. Sate Greenaway. By M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard. (A. and t. Black. 20s.)—This is a sympathetic biography, and as we read it is impossible not to be charmed by the......

The Old Testament In Art. Edited By W. S. Sparrow.

(Hodder and Stoughton. 5s. net.)—.This is a strange medley. Pictures of all times and all nations jostle each other, making the oddest contrasts. Martin and Poussin face each......

A Sicilian Marriage. By Douglas Sladen. (f. V. White And

Co. 6e.)—There is a pleasant atmosphere of sunshine about Mr. Sladen's novel, A Sicilian Marriage. It is a compliment to the book to call it a novel, as the story is decidedly......

Some Theological Works.

Theological Lectures. Edited by A. S. Peake, M.A. (Sherratt and Hughes. 10s. 6d.)—This volume contains the inaugural lectures delivered by the professors and lecturers in the......

' We Cordially Welcome A Most Interesting Edition Of...

Discourses, with Introduction and Notes by Mr. Roger Fry (Seeley and Co., Is. 6d.) A special feature of this book is the inclusion • of reproductions of pictures by the late......

The Pity Of War. By V. Norreys Connell. (h. J.

Glaisher. 4s. 6d. net.)—This is a collection of short war stories, of which the most modern concerns the last Egyptian campaign. The most striking is the first, "My Friend......