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A Century Of Ballads. Collected, Edited, And Illustrated...

by John Ashton. (Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Ashton has gathered into this volume a hundred ballads "illustrative," as he puts it, "of the Life, Manners, and Habits of the English nation......

The Book Of Erin. By J. Morrison Davidson. (w. Reeves.)—

Mr. Davidson professes to "tell the story of Ireland to the new Democracy." He describes himself as " Scotissimus Scotorum," and we may describe him as " Hibernia Hibernior."......

Till Death Us Sever, By J. Lothian Robson (sizupkin,...

and Co.), though a very unpleasant book, deserves to have a word of special notice given to it, because the earnestness which per- vades it, and renders it a novel with a......

The Happy Prince, And Other Tales. By Oscar Wilde. (david

Nutt.)—This is a clever book by a clever man, who has not yet altogether done justice to himself. Mr. Wilde can scarcely have intended these five tales, which (notably the......

Augustus Short, First Bishop Of Adelaide. By Fred, T....

(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—Colonial Bishops appear to be becoming a favourite subject with biographers ; this is the second that has come into our hands within the past......

Ireland From One Or Two Neglected Points Of View. By

the Author of "Hints to Country Bumpkins." (Hatchards.)—For all that this pamphlet is so sweeping in its tone, it unquestion- ably contains in its pages elements of truth.......

Signs Of Change. By William Morris. (reeves And Turner.)—...

Morris has been for some time quite certain that the world is out of joint, and that the balance of society needs to be entirely readjusted. The aim and object of the seven......