16 MAY 1903, page 25

Current Literature.

ART-BOOKS. In the "Makers of British Art" Series (Walter Scott Publishing Company, 3s. 6d.) Mr. R. Chignell writes the Life of Turner. A feature of the book is the space given......

Castle Omeragh. By F. Frankfort Moore. (a. Constable And Co.

6s.)—Mr. Frankfort Moore's new story deals with Ireland during the "Thorough" campaign of Cromwell. It must be con- fessed that the Protector's conduct towards that unhappy land......

Foggy Fancies, And Other Stories. By Beatrice Whitby....

Blackett. 3s. 6d.)—The first story has a thread of the preter- natural running through it. This is a difficult thing to manage, but Miss Whitby does it with considerable......

Captain Kettle, K.c.b. By C. J. Cutoliffe Hyne. (c. A.

Pearson. 6s.)—It cannot be denied that Captain Kettle is beginning to weary some of his readers. There is no particular sequence in his adventures, and if we are to have another......

Novels.

THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY REVEL.* MR. Qun.LER-Coucn's new novel is delightful to read, but by no means easy to review. It is inevitable, to begin with, that one should note the......

On Behalf Of The Firm. By Hamilton Drummond. (ward, Lock,

and Co. 6s.)—Here we have more deeds of daring. This time they are performed by a commercial traveller, who, as the title of the story indicates, is travelling in the interests......

The Conflict. By M. E. Braddon. (simpkin, Marshall, And Co.

6s.) — Miss Braddon, having written much about this world, sighs, it would seem, for other worlds to write about. This present story is a very weird tale of a revenant—not the......