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Confessions Of An Amateur Gardener. By A. M. Dew - Smith....

and Co.)—These Confessions originally appeared in the Pal/ Mall Gazette, and will already have amused many readers. Of definite and serviceable information there is little in......

The Lives Of The Troubadours. Translated From The...

with Introductory Matter and Notes, and with Speci- mens of their Poetry rendered into English. By Ida Parnell. (David Nutt.)—There was no great poet among the troubadours; much......

Australian Writers. By Desmond Byrne. (richard Bentley...

sheaf of essays, although of little interest to the average English reader, furnishes forth an unpretentious little book, which is deserving of some critical commendation. It......

On Snow - Shoes To The Barrend Grounds. By Caspar...

McIlvaine, and Co.)—We have here a narrative of a hunting excursion undertaken in search of wood-bison and musk- oxen, by a gentleman who had previously had some experience in......

Prom Saturn To Baghdad Via Tiflis, Tabriz, And Persian...

By Walter B. Harris, F.R.G.S. (W. Black wood and Sons.)—This is a lively sketch of the observations of a rather rapid journey through Transcaucasia and the districts to the......

A Haunt Of Ancient Peace : A Story. By Emma

Marshall. (Seeley and Co.)—The " Haunt " is Nicholas Ferrar's house at Little Gidding, and Dr. Donne and George Herbert take a part in the scenes described in the story. An......