It Cannot Be Said That The Novelists Who Devote Their
talents to the portrayal of country life lend themselves as a rule to assisting the movement which seeks to stem the exodus from rural districts. With very few exceptions, it is......
Red Morn. By Max Pemberton. (cassell And Co. 6s.)—mr. Max
Pemberton shows himself, not for the first time, very apt at describing perilous adventures on the sea. The picture of the shipwreck is drawn with remarkable force ; one feels......
The Pomps Of Satan. By Edgar Saltus. (greening And Co.
3s. 6d. net.)—This is another social satire from America with a possi- bility of application here. It is not very easy to understand ; that is scarcely an objection, because the......
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THE TABLE TALK OF SAMUEL ROGERS. The Table Talk of Samuel Rogers. By G. H. Powell. (R. B. Johnson. Os. net.)—Mr. Powell has combined in this volume Mr. Alexander Dyce's "......
The Brazen Calf. By James L. Ford. (dodd, Mead, And
Co.) —Mr. Ford thinks that there is some sense in worshipping a calf of gold—after all, it has a substantial value—but that the calf of brass is a very poor deity. Wealth is......
The Jewel Of Seven Stars. By Bram Stoker. (w. Heinemann.
6s.)—It is a pity that before beginning this novel Mr. Bram Stoker did not quite make up his mind whether the soul of the Egyptian Princess was reincarnated in the body of Miss......
V.c. By David Christie Murray. (chatto And Windus. 35....
Christie Murray's book reads like the first rough sketch for a novel, and is far too slight to do justice to its theme. Its appearance is, however, very timely, as it is......
Plwebe In Fetters. By Mrs. Baillie Reynolds. (john...
the whole point of this amusing little book is that Phoebe, the heroine, declined to wear her fetters, the title seems a little inappropriate. Still, it cannot be denied that......
Free, Not Bound. By Katrina Trask. (g. R. Putnam's Sons.
6s.)—There is something distinctly fine about this story, though some of the situations are a little difficult to mansze, and we are not sure that the author is always quite......
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