Paid Haver. By Jerome K. Jerome. (hutchinson And Co....
one will cry, after reading some fifty pages of Pau/ %elver, "Here is David Copperfield' over again." There is some- thing distinctly Micawberish about Paul's father ; the aunt......
The Alcotts In Harvard. By Annie M. L. Clark. (j.
C. L. Clark, Lancaster, Mass., U.S.A. 6s.)—In 1863 the Alcott family, with a small company of enthusiasts, of whom Bronson Alcott was the chief, came to Harvard. Bronson Alcott......
Under The White Cockade. By Halliwell Sutcliffe. (cassell...
68.)--Mr. Sutcliffe has given us in Under the White Cockade a tale of the " Forty-five " that is well worth reading. Maurice Anstruther, a young Englishman, attracted by the......
The Maid-at-arms. By R. W. Chambers. (a. Constable And Co.
6s.)—This is a most fatiguing book, very brilliant, though the brilliance is sometimes as tinsel, but almost passing human endurance. Everything is at high pressure ; the meal,......
Corneille And The Spanish Drama. By J. B. Segall, Ph.d.
(Mac- millan and Co. 65. net.)—Dr. Segall, after explaining the cause of Spanish influences on French literature, gives a brief account of Corneille's early career as a......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of tho week as have not Lee, reserved for review in other forms.] Forster's Life of Charles Dickens. Abridged and revised by George......
Current Literature.
ME STUDY OF TIIE NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE. The Study of the Natural History of Disease. By Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart. (British Medical Journal Republication.)— Sir Thomas Barlow......
The Success Of Mark Wingate. By U. L. Silberrad. (a.
Constable and Co. 6s.)—This is, without doubt, a powerful story, and worked out artistically to the necessary end. We have a prejudice, possibly old-fashioned, for the "......
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