The Island. By Eleanor Mordaunt. Heinemann. 6s.)—this Is...
of powerful short stories concerned, with the island of Mauritius. The world is distinctly seen, en noir in most of them, and the problems of life are not simplified by the......
Fiction.
JANE'S CAREER.* WE suggest that some publisher might undertake a series of informing novels describing life in various parts of the British Empire. Jane's Career would be a good......
Readable Novels.—the Marriage Lines. By J. S.. Fletcher....
6s.)—Two sons, one legal and wicked, the other illegitimate and delightful, their wives, a, father who dies intestate, an undiscovered and rather un--. necessary murder, are......
The Residency. By Henry Bruce. (john Long. 6s.)—there Are...
interesting details of life in India in this book, but the reader will find it hard to credit that Colonel Moor, the Resident of a native State, would on any pretence have......
Some Books Of The Week.
[tinder this heading tee notice such Books of the week as have not boon reserved for review in other Jonas.] 2Esop in Politics. By Ian D. Colvin. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 2s. 6d.......
A Child Went Forth. By Toy Pawlowska. (duckworth And Co.
5s. net.)—From beginning to end of A Child Went Forth we are hampered by the suspicion that its author has an uncertain grasp of the English language. The style of the book is......
The Training Of The Territorial Scout. By Lieutenant As...
explanatory detail, which must be looked for in the books referred to at the head of each chapter. Such si mistake is often made, especially in publications of this kind, and it......
The Lonely Plough. By Constance Holme. (mills And Boon....
are, as it were, three separate lines of interest in Miss Holme's book. First, there is the company of Lancashire farmers, rooted to the land, and drawing from it all their......
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