13 OCTOBER 1888, Page 46

Two Chorus Girls, and other Stories. By ITamilton Clarke. (Sonnenschein

and Co.)—We have a vague recollection of having seen one or two of these stories before, and probably many or all of them have been reprinted from periodicals. As magazine tales they are of quite average merit, being distinctly readable ; and it is, perhaps, hardly worth while to press the question whether they deserve preservation in this permanent form. Mr. Clarke is a graduate in music, and his favourite art has suggested the themes for his stories, which deal with heroes and heroines of the concert- room, the operatic stage, and the military band.