READABLE Novga.s.—Northern Lights. By Gilbert Parker. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A
collection of stories, told with Sir Gilbert Parker's wonted power, which have life in the Far West for their subject. The making of the Canadian Pacific divides, we are told, the Old and the New.—Poppea of the Post Office. By Mabel Osgood Wright. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.).—A tale of American life. The story might have been better managed, but the dialogue, the scenery, and the drawing of character are excellent —The Bride. By Grace Rhys. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—This is the story, always full of difficulties, of a beautiful woman who has to earn her own living. Thestormy courtship of the sculptor Armstrong is the best thing in a good book.—The Sheriff of Dyke Hag. By Bidgwell
Cullum. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—A powerful story of life in the Far West, written in a somewhat difficult dialect. The reader must persevere, though the first chapters are somewhat hard.
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