30 MAY 1891, page 23

Recent Novels.* As A General Rule, No Sensible Person...

to find a reason for a fashion in literature, any more than he would think of attempting to find a reason for a fashion in dress.. The vogue of each concrete novelty is......

" Laisser-faire " Revindicated.*

THIS book is a collection of essays by various writers, of unequal merit, all professing the general purpose of attacking Socialism, of defending the policy of laisser - faire......