8 FEBRUARY 1902, page 27

Current Literature.

EREWHON REVISITED TWENTY YELES LATER. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later. By Samuel Butler. (Grant Rchards. 6s.) —The reason why continuations commonly fail to interest......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the Walk as have not been reserved for renew IS other forms.] War Map. (W. and A. K. Johnston. le. to 6s.)—Thie is a revised and......

The Need And Practicability Of Licensing Reform. By...

Slee, M.A. (J. S. Phillips.)—Mr. Slee has made a valuable contribution to the great discussion on what may be compendiously called the "drink question." On the matter of......

Princess Puck. By U. L. Silberrad. (macmillan And Co. Cs.)

—A slight over-elaboration of detail, a genealogical background of excessive intricacy, and some repet.tions of effects—these are the faults of Miss Silberrad's exceedingly......

The God - Seeker: A Tale Of Ohl Styria. By Peter Rosegger

Authorised translation by Frances E. Skinner. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.50.)—The God seeker is a tale of terror and gloom founded on facts recorded in an old chronicle. The time......

The Trial Of Man: An Allegorical Romance. (john Murray. 6s.)

—The scheme of the very remarkable allegory to which an anonymous author gives the title of The Trial of Man can only be ooe pared in its boldness to the scheme of "Paradise......