The Peradventures Of Private Pagett. By Major W. P. Drury.
(Chapman and HalL 3s. 6d.)—There is nothing serious about the stories of Mr. Pagett, ex-private of Marines, and some of them are very amusing. The most entertaining in the book......
The Ragged Messenger. By W. B. Maxwell. (grant Richards....
of heredity will be interested in this book by the mere fact that it is written by "Miss Braddon's" son. The idea which is at the back of the story—the effect on a man who has......
One Doubtful Hour. By Ella Hepworth Dixon. (grant...
6d.)—Miss Hepworth Dixon's collection of short stories is, if not very distinguished, quite readable. "The Fortune of Flora" is the most amusing of the sketches ; but in "The......
In His New Novel Mr. Benson Leaves That Dreary And
con- ventional world in which he has chosen to dwell so long, and has the courage to grapple with a real human problem. His work, therefore, deserves to be treated with all......
Mr. John Murray Has Chosen An Opportune Moment For The
publication of Sir Robert Biddulph's interesting account of Lord Cardwell's administration of the Army. In many ways the problems which confront Mr. Arnold-Forster to-day are......
Isabel Broderick. By Alice Jones. (john Lane. 6s.)—this...
above the average in plot and character-drawing, bat it is a little spoilt to a fastidious reader by an occasional extraordinary vulgarity in the use of words. The expression "a......
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