The Promotion Of The Admiral. By Morley Roberts. (j....
Nash. 3s. 6d.)—It is difficult to say which is the most amusing of Mr. Morley Roberts's collection of sea-stories ; perhaps, however, the story from which the book takes its......
The Squireen. By Shan F. Bullock. (methuen And Co. 6s.)
—This is a genuine Irish story ; but it is the seamy side of Irish life that it portrays for us. There is a custom in Ireland, which is often depicted in native fiction, for......
The Glittering Road. By W. A. Mackenzie. (ward, Lock, And
Co. 6s.)—Somewhere in a Beaconsfield or pseudo-Beaconsfield novel the hero, entering by a dingy door in Holywell Street, is ushered into the gorgeous palace of a Hebrew......
In The Springtime Of Love. By Iza Duffus Hardy. (c.
Arthur Pearson. 6s.)—This might well have been one of the novels which Mrs. Wititterly loved, and which Kate Nickleby had the pleasure of reading to her. Everything is very nice......
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PATAGONIAN TRAVELS. Through the Heart of Patagonia. By Hesketh Prichard. (W. Heinemann. 21s. net.)—This handsome volume contains the narrative of a journey which Mr. Prichard......
Crimson Lilies. By May Crommelin. (john Long. 6s.)—...
is a pleasant novel of modern days, with a taste of romance given it by the parentage of the heroine. There is something perennially attractive in the distinguished Jews of......
The Circle. By Katherine Cecil Thurston. (w. Blackwood...
6s.)—This is an able bit of work, a first effort, we under- stand, and as such certainly full of promise. Probably when Mrs. Thurston tries her hand again she will avoid......
Karl Of Erbach. By H. C. Bailey. (longmans And Co.
6a.)— There is a great deal of fighting in Karl of Erbach, and there is also a great deal of love-making of the school which, with apologies to Mr. Bailey, it is only fair to......
"the Light Behind. By Mrs. Wilfrid Ward. (john Lane. 6s.)—
This novel is saturated with Roman Catholic feeling,—but it is not a novel with a purpose, neither is it polemical. Most of the characters were born in the Roman Church, and the......
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