12 AUGUST 1893, Page 25

Queer Stories from Russia. By Capel Chernilo. (Clarke and Co.)—These

stories have chiefly to do with the wrongs and sufferings of the Stundiets, dissenters from the rigid ecclesiasti- cism of the Russian Church. At the same time, we have hints, and more than hints, of the corruption which is eating out the heart of the working class in Russia. It is needless to say that these " stories " are for the most part sad in tone ; but they have a very veracious look.