29 AUGUST 1891, page 24

Recent Novels.*

For God and Humanity is distinctly a novel with a purpose ; but it is a purpose which is primarily biographical, and only secondarily didactic. Mr. Haskett Smith is an ardent......

Mr. Howells On Criticism.*

UNDAUNTED by the failures of all previous critics and metaphysicians, Mr. Howells has attempted to construct a. philosophy of art and beauty. In his little book, he plunges and......