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Modern Painting.* -" The Editor Of The Speaker Allowed Me

to publish from time kto time chapters of a book on art. These chapters have been .gathered from the mass of art journalism which had grown about them, and I reprint them in the......

Social Studies. By Lady Wilde. (ward And Downey.)—lady...

about many things—about the" Bondage of Women," about "Genius and Marriage" ("the sum of all experience is apparently rather against marriage for the race of the gifted "),......

Over The Sea-wall. By Evelyn Everett-green. (s.p.c.k.)— A...

woman, who particularly resents being looked after by the aunt who acts as her chaperon, is cured of her mental ailment by being roused to care for others. This cure is begun by......

Current Literature.

Juanita,. By J. Fogerty. 3 vols. (Ward and Downey.)—Mr. Fogerty's novel has for its prevailing background the wild scenery .of the west coast of Ireland, though in the third......

Shadows Of The Stage. By William Winter. (edinburgh : David

Douglas.)—This, the "Second Series" of Mr. Winter's theatrical' memories, is a pleasant volume to look at and to read. Some of the names are probably better known on the other......

Oar County. By W. Ryland D. Adkins. (elliot Stook.)— "

Our County" is, we find, Northamptonshire. Why so vague a title ? Mr. Adkins has a lively and sometimes a caustic pen.. It is possible that some of the magnates whom he......

The Bookworm : An Illustrated Treasury Of Old-timo...

Stack.)—Things new as well as old are to be found in this collection of literary scraps, criticism, and information. So far from being confined to "Old-Time Literature," The......

A Variety Of Guides And Topographical Works May Be Briefly

mentioned. The History of the Monument. By Charles Welsh. (Corporation of the City of London.)—Here we have many curious particulars. The Monument, which is higher than any......

Poets Au. By John A. Bridges. (ward And Downey.)—there Is

certainly some humour in the idea of writing a novel in which all the dramatis personcs shall be minor poets, even though it is not carried out exactly. The reader will not......

Workers Without Wage. By Edith Carrington. (griffitla,...

was a happy idea to call the small creatures, about whose good or bad offices in agriculture we are undecided, "workers without wage." We give but scant thanks to toads, worms,......