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Tempest - Torn. By Lieutenant - Colonel Andrew Haggard....

and Co.)—There is the material of a good story in this portentous volume of nearly four hundred pages. But it is far too long, ill put together, and spun out to an almost.......

Beside The Bonnie Brier-bush. By Ian Maclaren. (hodder...

"Ian Maclaren " we have a new Scotch writer who is quite different from either Mr. Barrie or Mr. Crockett, although it is quite possible that the success of the "Auld Licht......

The Inns Of Court And Chancery. By W. J. Loftie.

(Seeley and Co.) —This is a new edition in octavo form of Mr. Loftie's pleasant compilation. Why "1895" appears on the title-page as the date et publication, we are at a loss to......

A Lost Ideal. By Annie S. Swan. (oliphant, Anderson, And

Ferrier.)—This is an ambitious, undeniably clever, yet not per- fectly satisfactory story. The opening is in Mrs. Burnett-Smith's best style. We are introduced to the three......

Life Of St. Edmund Of Canterbury. By Wilfred Wallace. (kegan

Paul and Co.)—This is the Life of one of the most important of the Archbishops of Canterbury ; important from his writings, from his friendships, and from the times in which he......

Current Literature.

Introduction to th.s Study of English History, By Samuel R. Gardiner and J. Bass Mullinger. (Regan Paul and Co.)—This is the third and enlarged edition of a very useful book.......