6 MAY 1905, page 25

C Urrent Literat (ire.

Men of the Old Testament : Cain to David. Men of the Old Testament : Solomon to Jonah. Men of the Bible : Some Lesser- Known Characters. Women of the Bible: Rebekah to......

Fond Adventures.*

THE first two tales in the present collection are good examples of Mr. Hewlett's mastery of the bravura style, " The Heart's Key " being a fantasy of troubadour-land, and "......

Heirs Of Reuben. By Chris Healy. (chatto And Windus. 6s.)—

When the reader discovers that the adventures told by the " heirs of Reuben" are all those of persons who are hopeless failures in life, he will not be surprised at being......

The Dryad. By Justin Mccarthy. (methuen And Co. 6s.)— Mr.

McCarthy has gone boldly back to mediaeval Greece for the date and setting of his new story, and has also given us a really new type of heroine, in the person of the daughter of......

Change For A Halfpenny.

Change for a Halfpenny. By the Authors of " Wisdom While You Wait." (Alston Rivers. Is. net.)—The witty writers of " Wisdom While You Wait" have never done anything more......

Protection And Employment.

Protection and Employment. By Harold Cox. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—In this pamphlet Mr. Harold Cox deals with the question of employment, and meets most convincingly the argument......

Miss Badsworth, M.p.h. By Eyre Hussey. (longman And Co....

spite of the admirable pluck and determination of the heroine of this novel, the reader will feel inclined to paraphrase Touchstone and cry : " It is the first time that ever I......