24 FEBRUARY 1912, page 18

The Scott Originals.*

Ma. CROCKETT has written a very delightful book for lovers of Sir Walter. As he says truly, the Waverloy Novels were " The Scott Originate: An Account of Notables and Worthies,......

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JEAN DE LA FONTAINE.* IT has been pointed out that La Fontaine, one of the darlings of the seventeenth century, was in his nature and genius the opposite of the spirit of that......