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James Hutchison Stirling : His Life And Work. By Amelia

Hutchison Stirling, M.A. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. not.)— J. H. Stirling wrote, as it is put in this book, where he is com- pared with Carlyle, "for the very few." It is a......

There Are Some New Novels—not Many—where The Name Of The

author on the title page is a guarantee of good entertain- ment, and in this agreeable category past experienossinclines us to place the works of Mr. Desmond Coke. And if any......

The Protector. By Harold Bindloss. (ward, Look And Co. Se.)'

—Mr. Bindloss is always great in the scenery of his novels. This' time Wallace Vane, the hero, is a prospector, who after long years of weary failure makes a lucky hit. The......

Readablii Novelb.—merle Of The Wessex Hills. By C. Il Hay

(H. G. Common, Bournemouth. es. ed. not.)—Not much of a story but with some good impressions of country life.—The Wilderness By Joseph Hocking. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6(1)-1......

Some Books Of The Week.

[trader this heading we notice such nooks of the week as have not beta reamed for review in other forms.1 The Race Conflict. By W. P. Livingstone. (Sampson Low„ Marston and Co.......

The Legacy. By Mary S. Watts. (macmillan And Co. 6s.)—

This novel, which bears the sub-title of "A Story of a Woman," is of what we may call the "George Gissing " type of fiction, and may describe as an interesting presentment of......