25 JANUARY 1902, page 38

A Corner In Ballybeg. By Nicholas P. Murphy. (john Long.

6s.)—We have here some very pleasantly written stories, full of Irish humour and pathos. There is a wonderful person called Hogan, who appears in several of them. He is a......

Novels.

111E GRAND BABYLON HOTEL.' SnwE Miss Braddon abandoned the field of sensation so diligently exploited by her for a quarter of a century fpr the more tranquil domains of......

A Soldier Of Virginia. By Burton Egbert Stevenson. (duck-...

and Co. 6s.)—Here is yet another story of America in the time of Washington. They are almost as plentiful as if there had been a copyright in that period which had just lapsed.......

.4 Bid For E'mpire. By Major Arthur Griffiths: (digby, Long,

and Co. 6s.)—This is a book of adventures in Egypt and the Soudan at the time of the last campaign. The local colour is laid on with an unstinting hand, and we have scenes in......