24 OCTOBER 1868, page 24

In Vain. A Novel. By Heraclitus Grey. 3 Vols. (hurst

and Blackett.) — It is painful to have to speak of this book as we cannot but think it ought to be spoken of. For, besides being carefully and skilfully written, it has an......

Time, Faith, And Energy: Passages In The Lift Of Geoffrey

Waller. (Skeet.)—Why the first of these titles should have been given to this book we cannot imagine. For the second, there is so much reason as this, that Geoffrey Waller is a......

Woodland And Woodbee. A Tale Of Manly Virtue. By Samuel

Tom- kins. (Houlston and Wright.)—Most readers will smile when they read this title. This smile will probably become broader when they penetrate a little further into the......

The Life And Times Of St. Gregory The Illuminator. By

the Rev. S. C. Malan, M.A. (Rivingtons.)—Mr. Malan has busied himself with translating a number of documents illustrative of the history of the Armenian Church. In this volume......

Tonic Bitters. By Legh Knight. 2 Vols. (chapman And Hall.)—

This is a pleasant tale, which is fairly readable, though it does not excite any strong interest, and is sometimes, perhaps, tho better for a little skipping. But the characters......