26 JANUARY 1884, page 23

His Dearest Wish.*

A NOVEL! Does Mrs. Hibbert Ware really look upon this work of hers as a novel ? It certainly does not realise our modem and common-place conceptions of the kind of book......

Mano : A Poetical History.* It Is A Great Relief

to turn from the silly stuff which makes up so much of the poetry of the day, from its would-be subtle introspection, its pessimism, its animalism, and paganism, to this finely......