Virulent Nonsense About Questions He Has Obviously Not...
he has led a life of adventure, and he tells his adventures very naturally and agreeably, with no trace of Munchausenism and very little picture- making. We do not know anything......
My Life And Recollections. By The 'hon. Grantley F....
Second series.—Very inferior to the former two volumes. Their suc- My Life and Recollections. By the 'Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley. Second series.—Very inferior to the former two......
Letters On England. By Louis Blanc. (sampson Low, So; And
Co.) —Letters full of epigrams of singular clearness and sense, but some- how not so interesting as any of their author's more formal works. There is a scrappy tone of necessity......
But There Is True Flavour In The Loves Of Lady
Cecil and her husband, Laurence O'Boynesville, the gallant Irish lawyer, so brave, and patient, and cool, who calmly wins his wife away from her temptation by a love the tempter......
Shakespeare's Jest - Book. A Hundred Mery Talys. Edited...
perfect copy, with 'introduction and notes, by Dr. Herman CEsterley. (J. R. Smith.)—Beatrice, it is well known, in Much Ado About Nothing accuses Signior Benedict of saying that......
Current Literature.
Plain John Orpington. By the author of Lady Flavia. (Bentley.)— Very much better than Lady Flavia; almost, if such a thing could be, a natural sensation novel. It is a story of......
They Were Unaware. Well, We Don't Know. Considering What...
tional literature is, we do not quite see why they should have thought this particular book too strong for the market. It is not fit for Mudie's, but there is much less genuine......
Bound To The Wheel. By John Saunders. (hurst And Blackett.)—
Mr. Saunders is out of his true groove in this kind of work, but he does it a great deal better than the majority of workmen. He has endea- voured to graft a novel of character......
Emily Foinder. By F. Devonshire. (tinsley.)—a Story Of...
sensational kind, in which a father sends his daughter to a mad-house by forged certificates for no better motive than dislike to a possible lover, wills are stolen, false......
English Girl Of The Best Kind For The Purpose Of
taking nude photo- graphs of her, we should say it was not precisely the book for Mr. Mudie's purpose. We should not say its intention was bad, but the author has forgotten......