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The Character Of A Boy In This Book, Though Plain

persons, like the present writer, will probably agree that the said boy ought to have had "his young importance" considerably abated by a good kicking. The boy (his name, as the......

Characters Are Mostly Engaged In Making An Excellent,...

living out of the one great "ruined industry" which the Fiscal campaign has brought to light,—the trade of the smuggler. Although the book is full of adventures, it is not very......

Winston Spencer Churchill.

Winston Spencer Churchill. By A. Ma.cCallum Scott. (Methuen and Co. 3s. 6d.)—To review this book in detail would be to deal with some of the most important questions of the last......

Put Together, Neither Is It Of Any Very Special Interest,

and yet it is impossible to deny that there is much charm in the book. Even the hardened critic will feel considerable regret in turning the last page, and will wish that he had......

Peters Mother.*

THE world, according to a recent definition, is now made up of three classes,—those who read novels, those who write novels, and those who review them. As to whether it is fair......

The Amusing Thing About General Wilson's Two Garrulous...

volumes is that they have for subject the creator of Captain Bumph. In other words, the book is almost the most perfect example that we remember of the kind of literature which......

" Lonely The Tarrying, Lonely Too Is Night,"

should read— "Lovely thy tarrying, lovely too is night.")......