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Nora's Love - Test. By Mary Cecil Hay. 3 Vols. (hurst And

Blackett.)—There are some good situations in this tale. Such is the scene where Nora sits between her unconscious lover and the assassin who is aiming at him from outside the......

The Antiquities Of Israel. By Heinrich Ewald. Translated...

German by Henry Spain Solly. (Longmans.) — It is scarcely necessary to say that Dr. Ewald does not regard the Pentateuch—and this volume is practically a treatise on the......

Think That This Is Carried Too Far, When A Notorious

Scotch poisoning case is introduced into the plot of the story, under a very shallow dis- guise of names. But on the whole, this element is managed with skill and good-taste,......

Current Literature.

Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People. By Colonel C. Maki Long. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Colonel Long seems to have plunged into his African expedition with about as little......

Rambles Of A Naturalist In Egypt And Other Countries. By

J. H. Gurney, Jun. (Jerrold and Sons.)—Without pretending to estimate the scientific value of Mr. Gurney's - book, we can honestly recommend it to the ornithologist, on account......

For Name And Fame.* Tins Novel Resembles The Fashionable...

music of the day ; it has very little "theme," and a great deal of variation. The story, which is simple enough, is succinctly told in five chapters at the end of the third......