Rash Conclusions. By G. W. Appleton. (chatto And Windus. 3s.
(Jd.)—It is no disparagement of a detective-story to say that it reminds one of Edgar Poe. Literary—or shall we say business?— necessities compel the fiction-writer of to-day to......
Mr. Lionel Cust Has Edited The Chatsworth, Van Dyck Sketch-
Book (G. Bell and Sons, .C2 2s.) Facsimile reproductions of the pages are given, and there are notes and an introduction. The interest of the book consists in the fact that we......
The Late Returning. By Margery Williams. (w. Heinemann....
Late Returning is as a story a little too allusive. The reader for a long time wonders where he is, and (to para- phrase Calverley) "who on earth they were, and what this is all......
Splendid Mourning. By Cranstoun Metcalfe. (ward, Lock,...
ed.)—There is a great deal that is good in this novel, though the author seems, to use a vulgar ex- pression, to have got hold of the wrong end of the stick, and confused causes......
No. 99 And Blue Blood. By Major Arthur Griffiths. (john
Macqueen. 3s. 6d.)—Here we have another detective-story, and so another difficulty in the task of reviewing. We will confess that the secret of the denouement is well kept, and......
Holbein's Pictures At Windsor Castle. Historically And...
Ernest Law. (Hanfstaengl.)—This is a book worthy of its subject. The photogravures are good, and the historical notes by Hr. Law interesting. The author in carrying out his plan......
We Are Glad To Welcome A Second Edition Of Mr.
Walter Crane's Line and Form (G. Beliaand Sons, 6s.) We hardly blow which to admire the more, the excellent sense of Mr. Crane's writing or the be auty and ingenuity of his......
My Lady Peggy Goes To Town. By Frances Aymar Mathews.
(Grant Richards. 6s.)—Lady Peggy goes to London, masquerades there in man's dress, and has to encounter adventures and perils that are far more serious than masquerading. The......
C Urrent Literature.
ART BOOKS. Choranni Segantini. By L. Villari. (T. Fisher Unwin. 21s.) —" Oh the hills and the snow upon the hills!" These words of the Lama in "Kim" fitly describe the passion......
To Realise That We Have Artists In England We Have
only to look at Mr. Spielmann's British Sculpture and Sculptors of To - day (Cassell and Co., 'Ts. 6d.) It would not be far from the mark to say that our average level of......
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