26 MAY 1906, page 23

Novels.

'ab HOUSE OF COBWEBS.* THE average quality of posthumous works of fiction, which of recent years have attained such formidable dimensions in the case of popular and industrious......

Palestine Exploration.* De. Buss Does Not Profess To Give...

results of the explora- tion of Palestine. He uses the word "exploration" in its proper sense, and tells us, not what explorers have done, though this could not, of course, be......