16 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 12

The Haunted House. By Thomas Hood. With Introduction by Austin

Dobson. Illustrated by Herbert Railton. (Lawrence and Bullen.)—Mr. Austin Dobson tells the story of the last three years of Hood's life,—years of work done, in spite of all hindrances, with a quite inexhaustible cheerfulness. This done, he proceeds to some suggestions of the origin of the poem and an apprecia- tion of its merits. Mr. Railton's illustrations are excellent.