Japan. By David Murray, Ll.d. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—this...
to the "Story of the Nations " series. Interesting as it is throughout, the final chapter, dealing with "The Restored Empire," will naturally at the present moment attract......
A Costly Freak. By Maxwell Gray. (hegan Paul, Trench,...
and Co.)—This is an agreeable and ingenious story, and if it is not so ambitious as some previous stories from the same pen, so much the better. The hero of it is George......
Winning A Wife In Australia. By A. Dennison. (ward, Lock,
and Bowden.)—Mr. Dennison has, in this volume, achieved what may fairly be assumed to be his chief object, that of depicting country life in Australia—an Australia that can......
Yachting. " The Badminton Library." 2 Vols. (longraans.)—...
pastime certainly not within the reach of the many, yet it is in the national blood, and vast sums of money, and months of time in the summer, are spent in its pursuit. Those......
A Conspiracy Of Silence. By George Colmore. (heinemann.)—...
amount of cleverness is exhibited in the con- struction of this story, but it is marred by straining after effect, and the linked misery in it is most uncoascionably long drawn......
Nature's Method. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—this Little Pamphlet,...
so small that, though bound in cloth, we can hardly call it a book, deals with the Darwinian theory. The author denies some of the conclusions that Darwin arrived at and would......
The Romance Of The Insect World. By L. N. Badenoch.
(Macmillan and Co.)—Ants, wasps, and bees constitute the principal part of this interesting little natural history, and more fascinating in- sects it would be hard to find. Mr.......
The Story Of John Coles. By M. E. Kenyon. (digby,
Long, and Co.)—This book is painfully amateurish. The author obviously has the idea that a story, to be popular nowadays, must contain at least one crime, and, in the matter of......
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