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Gray Days And Gold. By William Winter. (d. Douglas, Edin-

burgh.)—This little volume, intended as a companion to the author's " Shakespeare's England," is very pleasant reading; to an Englishman it is positively flattering. Mr. Winter......

Rockingham Castle And The Watsons. By C. Wise. (elliot...

—Rockingham Castle was built by the Conqueror, and it con- tinued to be a place of occasional residence for the English Kings for many years. William Rufus held here a council......

The Girl He Did Not Marry. By Iza Duffus Hardy.

(Hutchin- son and Co.)—A heroine who three times just fails to bring her engagement to a successful conclusion, is a difficult subject to manage in a novel, as she would......

Wedlock And Its Skeleton Key. By Hope Huntly. (sampson Low

and Co.)—The plot of this story is not quite so unpleasant as its forbidding and pitiably grotesque title would indicate, but it is not one to be chosen by a writer of sense or......

The Ogowe Band. By Joseph H. Reading. (reading And Co.,

Philadelphia, U.S.A. ; Brentano's, London.)—Mr. Reading de- scribes himself on his title-page as late " Secretary and Treasurer " to a West African mission, and Commercial Agent......

A Treatise On Extradition. And Interstate Rendition. By...

Moore. 2 vols. (United States Book Company, Stevens and Sons, Boston.) —This is an exhaustive treatise on an im- portant and difficult subject. In his first volume, Mr. Moore......

St. Ignatius Loyola And The Early Jesuits. By Stewart Rose.

(Burns and Oates.)—This is a very handsome volume, full of in- teresting matter, and admirably illustrated. We cannot say that Mr. Stewart Rose is a critical historian. He would......