The Imitation Of Christ. With An Introduction By...
(Methuen.)—Dr. Farrar, in his introduction, deals at some lea gth with the question of authorship. He is inclined to. find the writer in Chancellor Gerson rather than in Thomas......
Three Little Volumes Of Reprints May Be Mentioned...
are published by Messrs. Dent and Co. These are, Lure Tales from the German, the first and longest being " Dumb Love," a translation from Musaeus by Carlyle, and others by......
Current Literature.
A Life of Archbishop Laud. By " A Romish Recusant." (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This book is noteworthy for two reasons. (1) It is the result of a very careful study of the......
True As Steel. By The Rev. T. S. Millington. (r.t.s.)—we
are assured by the author that this story of capture by Greek brigands is in the main true, and certainly it reads with a very strong flavour of probability about it. The word......
The Archduke Chirles.* The Archduke Charles Is Perhaps...
Generals the one whose career has been least understood. In 1796, at the age of twenty-five, in spite of the bungling and dis- obedience of incapable old subordinates, he......
A Model Wife, And Other Stori-s. By Mrs. Comyns Carr.
(George Allen.)—We must own ourselves somewhat disappointed with these short stories. We expected something more pleasing from the author of " North Itslian Folk," for the tales......
How To Read The Prophets : Ezekiel. By The Rev.
Buchanan flake, B.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.) — This most useful series is carried on by a volume which deals satisfactorily with a very difficult subject. Mr. Blake......
Fruit - Culture For Profit. By C. B. Whitehead, B.a....
Whitehead gives directions and suggestions for the culture of fruit. These will, without doubt, be found useful in them- selves. Those who own gardens or orchards will find it......
Edible And Poisonous Mushrooms. By M. C. Cooke....
is a capital and well-illustrated guide to the succulent dainties of the fields and woods, and adds so much more to the debt the public owe to the S.P.C.K. Alas ! to the......