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Sprays Of Northern Pine. By Fergus Mackenzie. (oliphant,...

Ferrier.)—This is a volume of Scotch sketches of the now almost too familiar "Kailyard" type. They are conscien- tiously constructed and carefully written, and the dialect is......

A Memoir Of Francis 0. Morris. By His Son, The

Rev. M. C. F. Morris. (John C. Nimmo.)—Few names were better known to the diligent reader of newspapers between the years 1850 and 1890 than that of F. 0. Morris, rector of......

A History Of Moray And Nairn. By Charles Rampini, Ll.d.

(William Blackwood and Sons.)—This addition to Blackwood's series—which promises to be an excellent and useful one—of Scottish county histories deals with one of the most "......

Richard Cameron. By John Herkless. (oliphant, Anderson,...

who knows anything of Scottish Church history has heard of the Cameronians ; but how few could say how they got the name ! It was not of their own choosing ; they dis- claimed......

Hampton Court. By William Holden Hutton. Illustrated By...

(John C. Nimmo.)—Mr. Hutton's research and literary skill, assisted by the graceful and effective pencil of Mr. Railton, has done justice to Hampton Court. The palace is not fax......

Round The Year : A Series Of Short Nature Studies.

By Pro- fessor L. C. Miall. (Macmillan and Co.)—This is a quite delight- ful volume. Not every reader, it is true, will be interested in everything that he finds in it ; but......

Current Literature.

The Birthright. By Joseph Hocking. (James Bowden.)—This volume proves beyond all doubt that Mr. Hocking has mastered the art of the historical romancist. The Birthright is, in......