30 OCTOBER 1886, page 17

Two Scotch Novels.* All The Scenes In A Northern Lily

are not Scotch ; nor are all the characters. But the heroine is, poor thing. Above all things, the best and most notable figure in the story, and, indeed, one of the most......

Mr. Dobson's Life Of Steele.* Dr. Johnson Called Steele "the

most agreeable rake that ever trod the rounds of indulgence ;" but the term, like many another clever saying, is but partially true. Steele had his faults, which he is frank......