27 AUGUST 1898, page 22

Mr. Higginson's "cheerful Yesterdays." The "yesterdays"...

writes may be "cheerful" in the memory, but some of them must have been far from cheerful when they were passing. They cover the stormful period prior to the American Civil War,......

Recent Novels.*

TEE cordial welcome which Mr. Gallon's novels have encountered cannot altogether be explained by their intrinsic merit. It probably indicates the reaction that is already afoot......