The Dagger And The Cross. By Joseph Hatton. (hutchinson And
Co.)—Mr. Joseph Hatton takes for the scene of his story the Derbyshire village of Eyam, memorable for the terrible outbreak of plague which devastated it. This outbreak was......
His Fault Or Hers? By The Author Of "a High
Little World." (R. Bentley and Son.)—If only the writer could have persuaded herself to go on as she began ! The opening chapters are admirable. The father who does not find any......
An Old-field School-girl. By Marion Harland. (sampson...
Co.)—We must explain that an " old-field " is a piece of ground exhausted by growing tobacco or some other crop and left to recruit. Such fields were naturally utilised, when......
Soldiering And Surveying In British East Africa. By Major J.
E. Macdonald. (E. Arnold.)—Major Macdonald gives us an interesting description of his expedition to survey a practicable railway route to Uganda from the coast. The greater......
A Flame Of Fire. By Mrs. Haweis. (hurst And Blackett.)
— If we ever reproached the novelist with making the end of his life - story with what really begins it, marriage, we heartily repent. The modern tale mostly begins in this way,......
An Introduction To The Literature Of The New Testament. By
S. R. Driver, D.D. (T. and T. Clark. 12s.)—Canon Driver writes a brief preface to this " revised and enlarged sixth edition " of his work. He claims, with perfect truth, that......
Poems By Robert Browning. With Introduction By Richard...
LL.D. (Bell and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—Dr. Garnett explains how it is that Browning is a poet who can be represented by examples, and also the principles on which the examples of this......
History Of The Horn-book. By Andrew W. Tuer. (the Leaden-
hall Press.)—The first edition of the History of the Horn-Book, in two volumes, is now, we are told, out of print. Mr. A. Tuer, in consequence, publishes a one-volumed edition,......
The Two Captains. By W. Clark Russell. (sampson Low,...
and Co.)—This is as spirited a story as Mr. Clark Russell has given to the world for some time. The two captains being in low water, partly because trade is dull, partly because......
A Man Of Plain Speech. By "m. E." (headley Brothers.)—
This is an " Account of the Youth and Adventures of Alexander Jaffray, Member of the Society of Friends." The hero, if a Friend can be called a " hero " without offence, was a......
Lady Jean's Son. By " Sarah Tytler." (jarrold And Sons.)—
The tale turns on the famous Douglas case, in which the genuineness of the twin sons of Lady Jean Drummond was in question, a case which divided all Scotland into two parties.......
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