The People Of Clopton. By George Bertram. (t. Fisher...
—This is a story, told in a series of sketches, of country life, viewed, of course, on its seamy side, and constitutes a peculiarly disagreeable book. It has an autobiographical......
Captain Kid's Millions. By Alan Oscar. (chapman And...
part of the story is told by a descendant of the great pirate, who, holding King William III.'s commission for a private man-of-war, becomes involved in various scrapes and......
The Captive Of Pekin. By Charles Hannan. (jerrold And Sons.)
—Herbert Vanscombe, sitting in the balcony of a house at Brussels, picks up a swallow that has fluttered to his feet, and finds on it a written paper which he makes out to be a......
Secrets Of The Courts Of Europe. By Allen Upward. (j.
W. Arrowsmith, Bristol.) — These "Confidences of an Ambas- sador" are distinctly amusing. He lets us into a number of political secrets which the most diligent listeners to town......
The Eye Of Later. By William Le Queux. (f. V.
White and Co.)—Our readers should find The Eye of (star interesting material now that we are compaigning in the Soudan. Zafar- Ben-A'ziz, the hero, is a Bedouin in the bodyguard......
Two Sinners. By Lily Thicknesse. (downey And Co.)—dr....
Mary Power are the two sinners, we suppose, and very fine characters they are too. They are well drawn, and Roger Jadworth's affection for the poor girl who preserves her pride......
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Women. (g. P.
Putnam's Sons.) — This is a very handsome and very readable book, although it is rather too full of that not specially lofty American humour which obtains vent in such......
The Lyrical Poems Of Beaumont And Pletcher. Edited By Ernest
Rhys. (J. M. Dent and Co.)—This is a pretty little volume, one of the series of "The Lyric Poets." The true lyrics of the twin dramatists do not furnish a sufficient amount even......
Perfection City. By Mrs. Orpen. (hutchinson And Co.)—...
is the story of a small co-operative community in Kansas. We are introduced to the settlement in the spring of its existence. The story is mainly concerned with the coining of a......
.4 Russian Wild Flower. By E. A. Brayley Hodgetts. (mae-
queen.)—Olga Obolenski, the heroine of this Russian tale, is a beautiful and natural character,—such a girl as one might well imagine growing up in one of those dreary-looking......
Glamour. By Meta Orred. (john Lane.)—our Authoress Is A...
too mysterious and incoherent, but it must be admitted that she handles the family ghost with considerable effect. The Italian scenes, where a bygone and almost forgotten......
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