18 JANUARY 1896, page 20

Mr. Stevenson's Poetry.* Many Of His Friends And...

perhaps even Mr. Stevenson himself, believed that his achievement in verse was by no means inconsiderable. Yet the greater public could never be induced to regard the author of......

The Makers Of Modern Rome.*

MRS. OLIPHANT'S new book on Rome is in some ways more attractive than her well-known Makers of Florence, or than the fresher and less familiar Makers of Venice. It brings home......