1 AUGUST 1891, page 20

A Group Of Noble Dames.*

ADMIRERS of Mr. Hardy may often be heard to wonder how it is that, in spite of the genius displayed in his novels, in spite • A Group of Noble Dames, By Thomas Hardy. London :......

French Fiction Of Today.*

AT first sight, the idea of Madame Van de Velde's book seems not otherwise than a happy one. Literature, as she truly says, is becoming more and more cosmopolitan ; and it is......