Leaves In The Wind. By Antony C. Deane. (elliot Stock)—
This volume is another proof of a proposition which we have advanced more than once, that there is more true humour just now in the shape of verse than in that of prose. There......
Early Essays Of John Stuart Mill. Selected By J. W.
M. Gibbs. (G. Bell and Sons.)—It was certainly worth while to republish these essays. Much of the argument is obsolete, but even this has an historical value ; and there is not......
The True Life Of Captain Sir R. F. Burton. By
Georgiana, Stisted. (H. S. Nichols.)—The writer is Sir R. Burton's niece, and claims to have written this book "with the authority and approval of the Burton family." Her......
Studies In Interpretation. By William Henry Hudson. (g....
Sons.)—This volume contains three critical essays dealing with Keats, Clough, and Matthew Arnold respectively. They are well worth study. About Keats, for instance, how true is......
The Star - Sapphire. By Mabel Collins. (downey And...
is plenty of uncompromising realism about Miss Collins's story. The downward career of the wife who " drinks " and the interior of Mr. Brand's private hospital are described in......
Memoirs Of Professor Pritchard. Compiled By His Daughter,...
(Seeley and Co.)—The materials out of which this volume is compiled are various and of varying interest. The "Reminiscences of his Early Life" might have been advan- tageously......
Lady Levallien. By George Widdrington. (henry And Co.)—...
one of the stories which appear insoluble enigmas to a critic who accepts the usual views of the use of literature. What pos- sible end can they serve ? They are not beautiful;......
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