17 SEPTEMBER 1910, page 19

Books.

HOMER.* IT is difficult, as we are told by the wisest and most persuasive of all masters in literature, to annex triumphantly from the common stock ; to make a well-worn theme......

Irish Conspiracies.*

THE reminiscences in this book do not cover so spacious a subject as the title suggests. When Mr. Bussy says "con- spiracy," he does not mean " rebellion " ; there is nothing......