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Studies In Two Literatures. By Arthur Symons....

gathered up from magazines and newspapers have the merit of variety. Some are too slight to be worthy of publication in book form, others are sufficiently elaborate to display......

" C. S.," " Who Could Feel No Pride In

belonging to so fine a service as the I.C.S., or in taking part, however small, in the conduct of that great enterprise, the government of India." Certainly there is no nation......

The Strange Schemes Of Randolph Mason. By Melville...

(G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—Mr. Randolph Mason is a person of cynical temper and keen intellect who devises means by which his clients can escape the penalty of their wrongdoings.......

The Story Of The Pilgrim Fathers. Kilted From The Original

Texts by Edward Arber. (Ward and Downey.)—The story which Mr. Arber gives us is " as told by Themselves, their Friends, and their Enemies." In other words, he gives the original......

Jack Ballister S Fortunes. By Howard Pyle. (osgood,...

Co.)—Mr. Pyle has made too big a book of his materials. Physically, it is too big, being over-heavy to be comfortably held in the hand. There is no plot,—that is to say, no......

England And India : A Record Of Progress During A

Hundred Years, 1785 - 1885. By Romesh C. Dutt, I.C.S., C.I.E. (Chatto and Windus.)—No one can read this admirably written little volume without feeling a high respect for the......

Handbook To Christian And Ecclesiastical Rome. By H. M• And

M. A. R. T. (A. and C. Black.)—This is the first of an intended series in four parts. It treats of "The Christian Monuments of Rome," the second will be devoted to " The Liturgy......

The Romance Of Colonization. By G. Barnett Smith. (s. W.

Partridge and Co.)—The special subject of which Mr. Barnett Smith treats in this volume is the " United States." He begins with the legends of discovery by Scandinavian......