O'er Tartar Deserts. By David Ker. (w. And R. Chambers.)
—This story of "English and Russian in Central Asia" begins quietly enough. A neck is within an ace of being broken, and a thigh would have certainly been ripped open but for......
Reine's Kingdom. By L. E. Tiddeman. (national Society's...
silly story. We do not believe that any lady would have been quite so foolish or so ill-bred as Miss Ferran; and we sincerely hope that no girl of seventeen was ever such a prig......
The White Princess Of The Hidden City. By David Lawson
John- ston. (W. and R. Chambers.)—Here we may recognise various old acquaintances. We begin with a revolution in a South American Republic. After this comes the hidden city, one......
At Aboukir And Acre. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And
Son.)— A tale of the French in Egypt is not inappropriate to the present time. If Mr. Henty had foreseen the arrival of M. Marchand at Fashoda he could not have written anything......
On Both &den The Border. By G. A. Henty. (blackie
and Son.)—" A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower" promises well, nor does the performance fall short. The politics of the time are highly interesting, and they have a setting of......
Cave Perilous. By L. T. Meade. (r.t.s.)—this Is A Story
of some sixty years ago, days when there were bread-riots. Mrs. Meade always contrives to tell an interesting story, and Cave Perilous is not an exception. There is abundance of......
My Lady's Slippers. By Mary H. Debenham. (national...
tale deals with the period at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Joscelyn Felton, who favoured the Stuarts, was forced to flee his country ; his wife followed him with......
The Turkish Automaton. By Sheila E. Braine. (blackie And...
Braine bespeaks the reader's favour by an admirable little preface. She tells us where she has found the facts that she has worked up in her story, and goes on : "What the......
The Queen In The Isle Of Wight. By A. Patchett
Martin. (H. Sotheran and Co.)—Mr. Martin, having commenced the series of " Vectis ' Brochures" with an account of Lord Tennyson with special reference to his connection with......
Scouts And Comrades ; Or, Teemuseh, Chief Of The Shawanocs.
By Edward S. Ellis. (Cassell and Co.)—This tale deals with the experiences of two young scouts, who enlist on the American side in the war of 1812. It is chiefly a story of......
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