19 NOVEMBER 1910, page 24

Alongshore.*

ALTHOUGH there. is even more of the magic and mystery of the sea in this book than in A Poor Man's House, Mr. Reynolds's great talent lies in the painting of human beings. The......

Canada.* To Condense Into Some Four Hundred Pages A Sketch

of Canadian history and a description of the Dominion as it now is, without omitting anything of real importance, is no small achievement. Where the author has not been able to......

Mr. W. D. Howells On Mark Twain.* The Contents Of

this volume have, we believe, already appeared in Harper's Magazine. The ".Reminiscences " were written shortly after Samuel Clemens's death ; the " Criti- cisms " cover the......

Novels.

THE FINER GRAIN:f WHATEVER 'verdict may be ultimately passed on the later novels of Mr. Henry James, it is impossible to avoid admiring his increasing disrespect for the......