2 JANUARY 1886, page 32

Novels.—through Love And War. In 3 Vols. By Violet Fuse.

(Hurst and Blackett.) —We have no great liking for the class of fiction which the author who styles herself "Violet Face" is in the habit of writing, or for the class of......

The Broken Shaft. Fisher Unwin's Annual For 1886. (t. Fisher

Unwin.)—With the exception of "Riley, M.P.," which is, we suppose, meant for fun, and which appears to us unmitigated rubbish, this Annual is a collection of very clever......

In A London Suburb. By W. Hartley. (f. V. White

and Co.)— An amusing novel, which, seeing how dull now-a-days most novels are, is high praise. But In a London Suburb is mere than' amusing. In many mopeds decidedly original,......

The Little Old Portrait. By Mrs. Muleswortle...

the happy faculty of writing well for children. It is a gift quite apart from that of writing well of children, as, for instance Miss Montgomery can do. The two gifts are,......