Novels.
MOB,CHESTERA WE hope that nobody who embarks on Mr. Charles Datohet's excellent and informing story of "American Society, Politics, and Affairs" will be repelled by the......
The Lady Of The Barge. By W. W. Jacobs. (harper
and Brothers. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Jacobs seems to us a little perverse. He can give us as good comedy as any man; why will he insist upon supplying us with tragedy ? Of course it is a......
The House Opposite : A Mystery. By Elizabeth Kent. (g.
P. Putnam's Sous. 6s.)—We cannot pretend to have a liking for this particular kind of story. An undiscovered murder, or in- explicable disappearance in real life, arouses......
By Dulvercombe Water. By Harold Vallings. (macmillan And...
story is concerned with a side-issue of the Monmouth Rebellion. The plot is skilfully constructed, and the hero a quite heroic person without being magnified beyond really human......
Roger Drake, Captain Of Industry. By Henry Kitchell...
and Co. 6s.)—This is a very clever novel indeed; the most languid reader will not be disposed to linger oyer it or to skip. The only criticism that we are disposed to make is......
The Last Buccaneer. By L. Cope Cornford. (w. Heinemann....
is a story which we may describe as of the "gift-book" kind. It is a little more strongly flavoured, perhaps, than that sort of tale commonly is, but it is essentially similar.......
Mariella Of Out-west. By Ella Higginson. (macmillan & Co....
—This is a striking story. The farmers of the Western States with whom it deals are men of rough lives and strong passions. Mariella, the heroine, is a delicate, clever, and......
The Coining Of Sonia, And Other Stories. By Mrs. Hamilton
Synge. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—The interest of this volume of stories depends entirely upon the writer's sympathetic insight into character. The actual framework of the tales is......
Dogtown. By Mabel Osgood Wright. (macmillan And Co. 6s....
is not exactly a novel; at least, it is very different from the books which are commonly noticed in these particular columns. The fact is that the most important characters in......
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