Halt ! By The Author Of " Honour Bright." (wells
Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This is a bright and vigorous story, enforcing the moral of obedience in a very forcible way. The hero is a well-meaning lad who is in too great hurry,......
Phil : A Story Of School - Life. By Alfred Harper. (digby
and Long.)—There is a fair amount of incident in Phil, though it is -scarcely up to the average of school-tales. The author does not seem to us to know much about schoolboys. We......
Lost In Samoa. By E. S. Ellis. (cassell And Co.)—this
is a tale of sunk treasure, always an attractive subject. In real life, very vague schemes for recovering it commonly succeed, at least in finding the money of the credulous ;......
The Vicar's Trio. By Esme Stuart. (national Society.)—the...
the Vicar's "trio," are those delightfully original -children we sometimes meet with in stories and sometimes in life. quaint, grown-up, little Mattis, Bernard, with his head......
Dangerous Jewels. By M. Bramston. (national Society.)—...
to have thrown her strength into the por- traiture of the Gypsy girl Mahala. The figure is drawn with power, and very carefully and skilfully shaded. Most of the personages in......
In Safe Hands. By M. H. Howell. (warne And Co.)—miss
Howell's tale is penetrated throughout with a religious spirit. If all the expressions that it takes are not exactly to our taste, yet we gladly acknowledge the wise......
In The Universal Review For This Month, Mr. Sydney Hall
con- tinues his account of the difficulties of an artist in war-time, and his recollections of "Twenty Years Ago" are some of them gruesome and others highly entertaining ; but......
Breadth Escapes Of " Dick " In The Land Of
Dahomey, and feel - unpleasantly thrilled at the description of Dahomian customs. - The zest of Dick's adventures—they are nothing very original or exciting in......
Tales And Legends From The Land Of The Tsar. Translated
by Edith folk-tales. There is, indeed, a certain difficulty in identifying them sometimes ; the Russian tale-teller is not happy unless he can put plenty of meaningless padding......
Many Would Have Desired In A Story Of The Period
it treats of ; but it has other good points, the first of which is the old-fashioned style. It is readable all the way through, and if occasionally prolix, it is of that......
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