Old Squire. By B. K. Benson. (macmillan And Co. 6s.)—mr.
Benson has succeeded in making his new story of the American Civil War very picturesque. The reader in the course of the book comes to feel a real attachment for Old Squire, the......
The Shadow On The Quarterdeck. By Major W. P. Drury
(Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—There is a certain smartness, we may say 'vigour, in Major Drury's way of telling his story, if only be had a story to tell. This is the weak point of......
The Church Of England : An Appeal To Facts And
Principles. By the Rev. W. C. E. Newbolt and the Rev. Darwell Stone. (Long- mans and Co. 2s. net.)—There are many things in this pamphlet on which we would willingly comment,......
The Red Triangle. By Arthur Morrison. (e. Nash. 6s.)— Mr.
Morrison's detective stories are ingenious, but we cannot help thinking that the writing of them is rather a waste of his powers. Other people can construct stories of......
The Mischief Of A Glove. By Mrs. Philip Champion De
Crespigny. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—This book is a historical romance of the time of "Bloody Mary." It is fairly well constructed, though on rather commonplace lines. The reader,......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Some Thoughts on the Incarnation. By J. A. Robinson, D.D. (Longmans......
Novels.
QUESTIONABLE SHAPES.* Ma. HOWELLS belongs to that favoured class of novelists in whom fertility of production seems to exert no impairing influence on the quality of the work......
Net Each), Are Before Us. These Are A Dante Treasury,
consisting of Selections from the Version by Ichabod Charles Wright (of Nottingham), with an Argument of the Three Parts of the " Divine Comedy "; and An Old English Miscellany,......
The King Of Folly Island, And Other People. By Sarah
Orne Jewett. (Duckworth and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—These eight stories show remarkably delicate workmanship. Miss Jewett knows exactly what to say and what not to say, a gift which......
William Ellery Channing. By John White Chadwick. (p....
net.)—This is a highly interesting book to which we would gladly give more space if topics of the present moment did not make such large claims. Channing exemplified a very......
[ E „ • Erratiim.—in Reference To The Statement Made In A...
in last week's issue that Messrs. Methuen's edition of Euphranor was the only pocket edition available, Messrs. Mac- millan have written to us to point out that Euphranor is......
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