Behind The Veil. By Emily Holt. (j. F. Shaw And
Co.)—This " tale of the Norman Conquest" is somewhat slighter in texture than some of those which Miss Holt has given to the public. Sir William Percy has granted to him by the......
A Little Primrose Knight. By " A Primrose Dame." (w.
H. Allen and Co.)—We cannot say that the story is commended to us by its title or by the nom de plume assumed by the author. As a matter of fact, however, politics have not much......
Proverbs, Sayings, And Comparisons. By James Middlemore....
brought together in this volume, with laudable industry, many hundred proverbs, giving them in the various languages in which they are found. We doubt, indeed, whether all the......
" None Of Self And All Of Thee." By S.
S. Hewlett. (Nisbet and Co.)—The author writes in her preface : "This is a tale of Indian life. It is a tale, not a missionary report." It is somewhat inartistically......
The Mids Of The ` Rattlesnake.' By Arthur Lee Knight.
(Ward, Lock, and Co.)—We wish that all writers of these tales would follow the precept given lately by one of their number, and plunge —we quote the exact phrase used—in mediis......
British Landscape And .coast Scenery, And Marine...
Edward Duncan (Blackie and Son), are two volumes in the series of " Vere Foster's Advanced Water-Colour Series." Each volume contains eight fat-similes of the original paintings......
Bernie's Bargain. By J. Chappell. (j. F. Shaw.)—" Bernie"...
a friend of a lad, whose acquaintance he had made under not very favourable circumstances, by some very honourable conduct in the matter of a purchase. The story tells us how......
The Elf - Knights. By M. A. Curtois. (remington.)—a Good...
story, the scene of which, for some reason that we do not understand, the author has chosen to lay in Elf-land. There is something hollow and false in all elfish things,......
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