15 AUGUST 1896, Page 26

The Spectre of Strathannan, and Other Stories. By W. E.

Norris. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—These six stories are slight in texture—and, indeed, what else could they be ?—but they are real stories,—i.e., they have incidents in them and something of a plot. Perhaps "The Room without a Door " is the best, and " Between the Two" the least good. But all have, in a degree, the qualities which make Mr. Norris's work so agreeable.