Vernon's Aunt. By Sarah Jeannette Duncan. (chatto And...
experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat" make up a farcical story, at which doubtless some people will laugh. 4 ' Vernon " is an Indian official, and his " aunt " is a middle-aged......
A Black Squire. By Mrs. Alfred Hunt. (chapman And Hall.)
—A" Black Squire," according to our author, means a landowner in orders (otherwise called a " Squarson ). We had thought that it meant a landowner whose money came from......
From The Clyde To The Jordan. By Hugh Callan. (mackie
and Son.)—Mr. Callan gives us here the "Narrative of a Bicycle Journey." He began this journey at Calais, saw Paris on the occasion of the funeral of the Communist leader, Endes......
Five Thousand Words Often Misspelled. By William Henry B....
(G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—This is intended as a com- panion-volume to the same author's "Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced," and is likely to be even more useful Mr. Phyfe......
The Witch Of The Juniper Walk. By Mrs. Frank May.
(Gay and Bird.)—These five fairy-stories which make up the contents of this volume are of the new kind. They are didactic ; they have a moral. The old folk-lore fairy-tale is......
Flamborough Village And Headland, By Various Writers....
Fisher, M.A. (Andrews and Co., Hull ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.)—This book is published in aid of the fund for rebuilding the tower of Flamborongh Church. Its......
The Boy And The Angel, Being Sunday Morning Talks To
Chsldren. By the Rev. John Bytes. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—We are sure that not a few of our readers will know, and knowing will highly prize, an earlier work by Mr. Byles, "Spring......
The Mask And The Man. By Percy Andreae. (smith, Elder,
and Co.)—The plot of this story is evolved with an old-fashioned patience which has many things, but not the fashion of the day, to recommend it. The story is essentially simple......
Northward Ho! By Alexander Gordon. (isbister.)—this Is A...
a volume of stories of north-country Scotch life, which was noticed in our columns some time ago. It contains sound "descriptive" work, and the pathos and the humour are as......
A Daughter Of This Wend. By Fletcher Battershall. (w....
people who figure in Mr.—or are we to say Miss P—Battershall's story are of a very strange kind, and the strangest kind of all is that which is typified by "Father Axon." That a......
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