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Good Dame Fortune. By Maria H. Hoyer. 3 Vols. (hurst

and Blackett.)—We wish that we had more of this simple, pleasant, well-written kind of novel. William Johnson, a fairly wealthy bachelor of middle age, wakes up to the......

A Study In Colour. By Alice Skinner. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—

The author has been living among coloured people, and has two observations to make on the result of her experience. They have as little regard to morals, as far as the Seventh......

A Latter - Day Romance. By Mrs. Murray Hickson. (bliss,...

Foster.)—There is no doubt that this story is "latter-day." The " latter-day " characteristics—not altogether pleasing, at least to tastes which have been accustomed to other......

The Historical Records Of The Royal Marines. Compiled And...

by Major L. Edge. Vol. 1664-1704. (Harrison and Sons.) —Major Edge did well to reject the suggestion of the injudicious friends who would have had him go back to the earliest......

Legends Of The Micmacs. By Silas J. Rand. (longmans, Green,

and Co.)—The late Mr. Rand was a rare linguist, and possessed a remarkable gift for acquiring a grasp of the structure of a language. His long work among the Micmacs gave him a......

Markham Howard. By J. Reale. 3 Vols. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—

The painful situation which is the motive of this story is described with no little force. The hero is a filius nultius, and nothing can reconcile him to the hardship of the......

Gradual Catechising. By The Rev. J. N. Shearman....

and Co.)—Clergymen, especially clergymen who are pre- paring candidates of average attainments for Confirmation, will find this a useful volume. It puts things clearly and......