In The Fighting Line. By David Lyall. (r.t.s. 3s. 6d.)—we
include this in "Gift-Books," though it might not improperly take its place among "Novels," and very high up among them too. But it has a distinctly didactic character, a thing......
Two Stories Of The Sea.*
MR. STRANG has done well in giving such honour as his pen can confer to the memory of John Benbow. A great seaman—that is evident enough from the impression which, without......
That Girl. By Ethel Turner. (t. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—miss...
puts the scene of her story in Australia, as is her custom. This time it is in a seaside suburb, and we read, not without an ill-natured satisfaction, that there, too, people......
• Satisfaction In Comparing The Crusades Which Moved...
a hundred and seventy years or so from 1090 onwards with the ',undertakings of which Mr. Gilliat tells us the history in this --very attractive volume. There is no need to......
Herbert Strang's Annual. (h. Frowde And Hodder And...
net.)—Mr. Strang has got together a dis- tinguished company of writers and artists to help him in his new venture. The Annual is a well-appointed volume of nearly two hundred......
Adventures Among Wild Beasts. By H. W. G. Hyrst. (seeley
- and Co. 5s.)—Mr. Hyrat is to be congratulated both on his -subject and the excellent account to which he has turned it. He has had fine material to draw from, and as wild......