Mary. By Mrs. Molesworth. (macmillan).—probably This New...
pronounced by critical readers to be slighter in construction than some of its predecessors, which tempted Mr. Swinburne to declare that, among living female writers, Mrs.......
Generally Used For Purposes Of Quick Reference, And It Has
also been employed at the Universities as a text-book. It is an admirable sketch ; but none the less it contains the result of a good deal of independent work. The edition in......
Humorous Poems. By Thomas Hood. (macmillan.)—in An Intro-...
this handsome volume, which is further exquisitely illustrated by Mr. Charles Brock, Canon Ainger does as much justice to Thomas Hood as he previously did to Charles Lamb, and......
Fairy-tales Of The Countess D'aulnoy. Translated By J. R....
(Routledge.)—Doubtless many of the children of to- day—certainly many of the children of yesterday—are familiar with some of the masterpieces among the fairy-tales of the......
Up The Spider's Web. By Herbert E. Inman. (james Clarke
and Co.)—This is a very amusing attempt to people Fairyland, into which the heroine of the story enters through the gate of dreams, with realities, chiefly in the shape of......
The King's Light-bearer. By M. S. Comrie. (john F. Shaw
and Co.)—It is surely a matter for regret that the author of this carefully written story should have laid the scene of it so far off. We have no doubt whatever that the......
Travels In India A Hundred Years Ago : Being Notes
and Re- miniscences of Thomas Twining. (Osgood, Mellvaine, and Co.)— Mr. Thomas Twining sailed for India in April, 1792, and reached Madras on the last day of July. He was then......
The Wooing Of Master Pox, By Edward, Lord Lytton (rout-
ledge), is a delightful—and delightfully short--story of the rivalry of the fox and the dog, who are both wooers of the cat. How Reynard endeavours to outwit the dog, and how,......
Vetusta Monumenta : Tomb Of Archbishop Hubert At...
W. H. St. John Hope. (Nichols and Son.)—This latest issue of the Appendage to the " Archmologia„" the publication of the Society of Antiquaries, is probably the best thing of......
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