The Attack On The Mill, And Other Sketches Of War.
By Emile 'Zola. With Essay by E. Gosse. (Heinemann.)—These short stories are excellent specimens of M. Zola's power of description, without any of the drawbacks which have given......
At Sundown. By John Greenleaf Whittier. (longmans.)— This...
reprint, with some additions, of a volume which was privately printed in 1890. Whittier's place among poets has been settled, we fancy, by a fairly general consent. His view of......
Q Ue En Elisabeth. By Edward Spencer Beesly....
is as good an appreciation of the great Queen —for great he believes her to have been, in spite of all that has been urged against her—as we have come across. We would specially......
Gun, Rod, And Saddle. By Parker Gillmore. (w. H. Allen
and Co.)—Mr. Gillmore, better known, perhaps, under his nom de plume of " Ubique," gives us here another volume of his always spirited and welcome sketches of sport. What a......
The Gods Of Olympus. Translated From The Twentieth...
A. H. Petisous by Katherine A. Raleigh. With preface by Jane E. Harrison. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mies Harrison's excellent pre- face states the value of this book with great......
More About The Mongols. By J. Gilmour, M.a. (religious Tract
Society.) —This volume contains extracts from the diaries and other remains of Mr. Gilmour. There are things which will make some readers start with something like horror. "Did......
Out Of Doors In Tsarland. By Fred J. Wishaw. (longmans.)—
This is a moat readable book. The author is a keen sportsman. He tells us how he hunted bears and wolves, and how he shot foxes—not a crime, but a good action, it must be......
Revolution And Reaction In Modern Prance. By G. Lewes...
son, M.A. (G. Allen.) — Mr. Dickinson does not profess to be impartial, but he is certainly candid and just. These qualities• make themselves manifest to every reader, however......
Queer Stories From Russia. By Capel Chernilo. (clarke And...
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,......
A Ride From Land's End To John O'groat's. By Evelyn
Burnaby, M.A. (Sampson Low, Marstoie, and Co.)—Mr. Burnaby thinks that a public which appreciated so highly his brother's " Ride to 'Chive," may possibly take a fancy to the......
Ourselves And Others. By Samuel B. James, D.d. (home...
we have twenty odd essays on a variety of sub- jects connected with manners and morals. The writer mingles reminiscences of his own, not always pertinent to the matter in hand,......
The Early Narratives Of Genesis. By Herbert Edward Ryle,...
(Macmillan.)—The narratives which Professor Ryle examines aro the Creation, the Story of Paradise, the Story of Cain and Abel. the Genealogies, the Floods, the post-Diluvian......
A Chronicle Of Small - Beer. By John Reid. (isbister And...
—Mr. Reid tells in a series of effective sketches the story of boy- hood, of its sorrows, its joys, its sentiments, its hates, and its loves. We forget, and are happy to forget,......
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