In A Cornish Township With Old Vogue Polk. By Dolly
Pentreath. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Very striking and original persons are these "Old Vogue Folk," from Parson Tregonpol, as his clerk describes him, onward. The sketches make up a......
Selections From Early Christian Writings. By Henry Melvin...
It is hoped," writes the editor in his preface, " that the present volume will be found within its limits a fairly representative selection of original documents for the use of......
The Last Earls Of Barrymore. By John Robert Robinson....
Low, Marston, and Co.)—Mr. Robinson wrote a book which was, in its Fay, worth reading. " The Princely Chandos" was a personage of some interest ; he had, in any case, the merit......
Suicide And Insanity. By S. A. K. Straban, M.d. (swan
Son- nenschein and Co.)—Dr. Strahan unites the qualifications of law and medicine, and brings his knowledge, in addition to the results of considerable reading, to the......
The Way They Loved At Grimpat. By E. Rentoul Esler.
(Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—We opened this volume of " Village Idylls " with misgivings. The pessimistic fashion which controls literature nowadays makes such things very......
Old Caleb's Will. By Frances Armstrong. (jerrold And...
is a temperance story ; the subject is handled with taste and moderation, and the result is satisfactory. The incident of the prodigal's turning back, not, unhappily, in a......
In Jest And Earnest. By Joseph Hatton. (leadenhall...
Hatton's " book of gossip " is good reading. There are grave stories and gay. Whether they are always true it is need- less to ask ; for the most part, they ought to be. We......
Prince Ricardo. By Andrew Lang. (j. W. Arrowsmith,...
This is a sequel to " Prince Prigio," and very judiciously has for its hero a different kind of personage. Prigio has by this time become king, and is much bothered by the back-......
C M1rent Literature.
A Wastel Crime. By David Christie Murray. 2 vole. (Chatto and Winders.)—Some readers who remember "Aunt Rachel," to which we might perhaps add " Joseph's Coat," may doubt......
Pen Oliver's Problem. By Rate Douglas Wiggin. (gay And...
is an excellent "story for girls,"—really good sense combined with really good fun. "Pen's problem" is how to make a very narrow income serve for herself and her mother, and,......
Scotland Yesterday. By William Wallace. (hodder And...
it is clear, from life, or simulates life with uncommon skill. The people whom he pic- tures for our benefit are not exactly interesting in themselves, or are not invariably so......
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