Homes And Haunts Of Sir Walter Scott. By George G.
Napier. (James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow.)—While Mr. Napier does not profess to throw fresh light on the life of his hero, his book is as valuable a contribution as has been......
The Story Of Our English Towns. Told By P. H.
Ditchfield, F.S.A. With Introduction by Augustus Jessopp, D.D. (G. Redway.) — This is a very interesting and a very useful book. As Dr. Jessopp remarks in his introduction, "the......
Current Literatijre.
GIFT-BOOKS. The Knights of the White Rose. By George Griffith. (F. V. White and Co.) —This bright and well-written romance derives its title from a knot of young men who do......
With Frederick The Great. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And
Son.) —This is a "tale of the Seven Years' War," and shows the characteristic qualities of the author. The hero is even more of a paragon than usual ; he must have "attained to......
Recent Novels.*
Miss M. E. COLERIDGE—in whom we welcome a new and puissant wielder of the magic wand of romance—treats history with a free hand in her brilliant novel of Court life under......
King Olaf S Kinsman. By Charles W. Whistler. (blackie And
Son.)—Mr. Whistler here follows up the "Thane of Wessex" with another excellent story. King Olaf, the " Broad " or the "Saint," as he is variously called, is known to have......
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