Tyrannies Of The Dominant Party Are Described By Mr....
in vigorous and uncompromising language. If there was another side to the question—and most questions have two sides—he certainly does not take it into account. Single combats,......
An Italian Patriot And Art Critic.•
"PATRIOT "13 a term which has been applied to many men, to some who have placed the glory of their country before their own, and to others who have done the reverse ; but......
A Little Norsk. By Hamlin Garland. (t. Fisher Unwin.)— The
" Little Norsk," Elga by name, otherwise called " Flaxen," is a child whom two bachelor settlers on the Dakota plateau bring up. She is found in a neighbour's hut, her mother......
Dear. By The Author Of " Tip-cat." (a. D. Lanes
and Co.)—. The first half of this book is delightful. "Dear," who arrives at years of discretion when she is eight, and takes upon herself, with distinguished success, the......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Royal Children. By Julia Luard. Revised edition. (John Hogg.)—We are pleased to see a revised edition of Royal Children. If there is one thing young people like, it......
Charity. By Lady Dunboyne. (nisbet And Co.)—charity Is A...
lady who goes through a little fire of misunderstanding and misrepresentation, out of which she emerges satisfactorily, as we all knew she would, for she is a fine character,......
Cousin Isabel. By Marion Andrews. (gardner And Co.) —this Is
an interesting little love-story, the scene being laid in the siege of Londonderry. It is short and well done, and a very decided im- provement on "The Quest of Jack Hazlewood."......
A Candle In The Sea. By The Rev. Edward A.
Rand. (Nisbet and Co.)—This volume is intended to interest its readers— American readers in the first place—in "lighthouse life." With this life Mr. Rand contrives to mix up......
Away To Sea. It Is, However, Obviously Impossible For The
writers of story-books to accept this statement. To have so important a part of their stock-in-trade removed would be quite ruinous. Too much of "Steady Your Helm ! " is......
Master Bartlensy. By Frances E. Crompton. (a. D. Limes And
Co.)—We are glad to speak of this little book with quite un- mixed praise. Miss Arminel Ann Throginorton—called, for short, " Nancy "—is a quite delightful young child, and, we......
Captain Geoff. By Ismay Thorn. (gardner And Co.)—this...
school-life is almost dramatic in places, and the characters always interesting and full of vitality. M. PAbeille, and the contrast between his ideas of discipline and school......
Lilly Thorn's Voyage. By Grace Stebbing. (nisbet And...
Stabbing must excuse us for saying that her little heroine becomes a trifle tiresome. Her sayings and doings on board the ship are related in about the same amount of space as......
We Have Received A Fine Portrait Of Walt Whitman, Etched
by Leon Richeton (Gay and Bird). It scarcely gives the impression of being the head of a poet, and there are many who question Walt Whitman's title to that name ; but there is......
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