The Lyric Poems Of Thomas Campion. Edited By Ernest Rhys.
(J. M. Dent.)—We do not deny merit to Campion, but the language which Mr. Ernest Rhys uses seems to us extravagant. He quotes in his introduction the " Song of Amaryllis," which......
In The Series Of "animal Life Readers" (g. Bell And
Sons), edited by Edith Carrington and Ernest Bell, we have our old favourites, Mrs. Trimmer's History of the Robins and Keeper's Travels. The series is published, we are told,......
Waterloo : A Narrative And A Criticism. By E. L.
S. Horsburgh, (Methuen.)—There is an inexhaustible interest in the story of Waterloo, and, it would seem, an inexhaustible supply of questions that call for but defy solution.......
Missions And Mission Philanthropy. By John Goldie. (mac-...
Co.)—We should recommend any one who may come across this volume to read the last chapter first. He can hardly fail to be struck with the good sense and good feeling which is......
Modern Polo. By E. D. Miller. Edited By M. H.
Hayes. (Thacker and Co.)—" Polo," says Mr. Miller, " is far more general in India than in England, and enjoys many advantages that cannot be obtained in this country." One......
The Real Lady Hilda. By B. M. Croker. (chatto And
Windus.) —This is one of the class of old-fashioned stories. The heroine tells her own story, and tells it without affectation or pretence. She belongs to the sad company of "......
The Spectre Of Strathannan, And Other Stories. By W. E.
Norris. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—These six stories are slight in texture—and, indeed, what else could they be ?—but they are real stories,—i.e., they have incidents in them and......
Gildas Haven. By M. S. Haycraft. (jarrold And Sons.)—this Is
a story of Church and Chapel, so skilfully contrived that we are left at the last in ignorance as to the side to which the writer's own sympathies inclined her. She appreciates......
Edward Hoare, M.a. Edited By The Rev. J. H. Townsend,
M.A. (Hodder. and Stoughton.)—Canon Hoare left an autobiography which told in some detail the story of the first half of his life. Letters were also available. On these Mr.......
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