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His Most Dear Ladye.

His Most Dear Ledge. By Beatrice Marshall. (Seeley and Co. 5s.)—This is a story of "Sidney's Sister, Pembroke's Mother," told by an English girl, who after spending the first......

Novels.

THE CROWN OF PINE.' IP to write a good historical novel is a hard task, to write a good classical one is infinitely more difficult. It requires a wealth of learning which is in......

Almanach Hachette. (hachette Et Cie. 2 Francs.)—this...

gravity of its subject-matter with humorous sketches and anecdotes that its English contemporaries do not affect. And it fails to give information which in this country we......

Current Literature.

TWO BOOKS ON LONDON. London Vanished and Vanishing. Painted and Described by Philip Norman. (A. and C. Black. 20s.)—This is one of the "Beautiful Books" which Messrs. Black have......

Soprano. By F. Marion Crawford. (macmillan And Co. Ga.)- The

troubles and difficulties by which the heroine of Mr. Crawford's new romance is beset in her efforts to storm the citadel of fame differ considerably from those encountered by......