24 SEPTEMBER 1898, page 21

Personal Forces Of The Period.* Bacon Said That Some Books

should be tasted, a few chewed and digested, others, again, read by deputy or in extracts. It is not clear on which of these pegs we ought to bang the present lively supplement......

Recent Novels.*

MR. MERRIMAN must be congratulated not only on the excel:- lence of his new novel, but the singular prescience displayed in his choice of a theme. Its appearance in serial form......