Stories, Is Supposed To Be A Little Town In Holland.
The Dutch scenes of country-town life which she puts before her readers are picturesque and remarkably well focussed. It is difficult to be slightly satirical, and yet not to......
Out Of The West. By Elizabeth Higgins. (harper And Brothers.
6s.)—Mrs. Higgins appears to write in the interests sf the Populist party. American politics are somewhat obscure to all but a few specially informed observers on this side What......
Mother Earth. By Frances Harrod (frances...
Harrod has written a very pretty book. Perhaps this may be said to be faint praise, but it is, we feel sure, the criticism which will occur to the minds of the majority of those......
C Urrent Literat Ume.
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. Encyclopaedia Britanniea. Vol. XXX. (VI. of the Supple mentary Issue). (A. and C. Black.)—It is scarcely less difficult than usual to choose......
The Sacred Crescents. By William Westall. (chatto And...
story reminds us, naturally, of "The Moonstone." There is, indeed, considerable difference between the two plots, but both the stories have to do with that most in- convenient......
From Behind The Arras. By Mrs. Philip Champion De Crespigny.
(T. Fisher Unwin. Os.) —At first sight it seems a strange thing to recommend an author by saying that he or she has never written anything before. So might a tailor say of a......
Love And Louisa. By E. Maria Albanesi. (sands And Co.
6s.) —Louisa is a delightful and interesting person ; it is quite a pleasure to know her. The reader is first introduced to her late one afternoon as she is returning to her......
A Pasteboard Crown. By Clara Morris. (isbister And Co. 6s.)
The scene of this story is laid in New York. The Lawtons are a poor family of good origin. Upon their tiny income the father, mother, and two daughters can barely live up to the......
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