5 MAY 1883, page 17

A New Natural History.*

IN his preface, the editor of these beautifully got-up volumes asserts that more interest is usually taken in natural history early in life than later on, and there are......

At Fault.*

CAPTAIN HAWLEY SMART is Et capital story-teller. We use the expression advisedly ; for in these days of many-mouthed criticism, a novelist is nothing unless he has his species......