Grit. By George Hamby Russell. (john Murray. 6s.)—this Is A
novel of the wilds of South Africa, and the adventures of the boy hero, Oliver Longworthy, among the savages are most exciting. It is too much to expect subtle character-drawing......
Chantrey Land. By Harold Armitage. (sampson Low, Marston,...
10s. 6d. net.)—" An Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton," says the sub-title; and the biographical dictionaries tell us that Francis Chantrey was born there in......
Novels.
MARIE-CLAIRE.* IN view of the sceptical indifference, if not hostility, which the word genius proverbially inspires when used of a new writer, to apply it to the exquisite......
Clever Betsy. By Clara Louise Burnham. (constable And Co....
is a very charming American story, of which the chief interest to English readers is the description of the journey which the characters take through Yellowstone Park. The......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading tee notice such Books of the week es have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Church Congress Official Report. (George Allen and Sons. 10s. 6d.......
Dickens And The Drama. By S. J. Adair Fitzgerald. (chapman
and Hall. 6s. net.)—It was a doubtful matter whether Charles Dickens would be as actor or a writer. He actually wrote to the stage-manager of Covent Garden offering himself,......
Rradablb Novels.—the Girl's Head. By Edgar Jepson....
6s.)—A modern story which begins by the hero receiving by parcel-post the severed head of an unknown girl.—The Innocent Murderers. By William Johnson and Paul West. (Sampson......
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