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Lore's Crossways. By Mrs. A. Ei Diehl. (digby, Long, And

Co. Gs.)—In Love's Crossways a romance of extravagant improbability is played within the precincts of a ladies' College The College itself is a romance and an extravagance,—the......

The Eyes Of Light. By Arthur Moore. (i. W. Arrowsmith,

Bristol. Gs.)—This book is full of fantastic and amusing inci- dents and characters. The events, which take place first in a remote corner of France_ and then in England, are......

"god Wills It." By William Stearns Davis. With Illustra-...

by Louis Betts. (Macmillan and Co. Gs.)—Lovers cc historical romance will find in "God Wills /t" an excellent tale of the First Crusade, full of moving incident, noble......

Current Literature.

JANE AUSTEN. Jane Ausien: her Homes and her Friends. By Constance Hill (John Lane. 21s.)—To open one of Miss Austen's delightful stozies is as pleasant as setting out to visit......

The Ambassador's Adrenture. By Allen Upward. (cassell And...

-Mr. Upward adopts Professor Lombroso's theory that Anarchists are madmen, and this book seems to point to the conclusion that if they have the cunning of lunacy, they also have......

Novels.

THE MATING OF A DOVE.* • • WE.confeas to entertaining a prejudice against titles where , a double meaning is artificially provided—in this case the • name of the family with......

The Countess Of Haybury. By W. B. Maxwell. (downey And

Co. Gs.)--Ludy Maybury was a garrulous per,on and held forth in monologue to an intimate: frii ad, who must have got as tired as the reader of the not very witty or wise views......

Reversed On Appeal. By John Ross. (liegan Paul, Trench, And

Co. Cs.) -Though the title-page describes Reversed on Appeal as a modern Scotch novel, the opening chapters, with the scene laid in the Transvaal in the year 18SO, beguile one......