Love Like A Gipsy. By Bernard Capes. (constable And Co.
6e.)—In Love Like a Gipsy one is struck by the bold originality of manner and matter, — an originality that fascinates, a boldness that sometimes repels. Against the hero,......
From Deal To South Africa. By Helen C. Black. (f.
V. White and Co. 6s.)—This is not, as might be expected from the title, the story of a traveller who starts from Deal and roaches Cape Town or Pretoria. It is a collection of......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such, Books of the week as have not be reserved for review in other forms.) Pro Petrie et Regina. Collected and Edited by Professor Knight.......
Light Freights. By W. W. Jacobs. With 12 Illustrations....
and Co. 3s. 6d.) —It is not often that the task of a conscientious reviewer resolves itself into an agreeable sinecure. Mr. Jacobs, however, convinces us of the propriety of......
Manasseh. Retold From The Hungarian Of Dr. Maurns Akai By
Percy Favor Bicknell. (J. Macqueen. 6s.)—" Retold" means that the translator has considerably shortened what he calls the "pitiless prolixity" of the original. It is a pity that......
A Man Of Millions. By Samuel R. Keightley. (cassell And
Co. 6s.)—Mr. Keightley lays himself out to please all kinds of readers. There is a heroine made up after the maxim that a woman's life begins with marriage, and another who......
With Paget's Horse To The Front. By Cosmo Rose - Lanes. (j.
Macqneen. 38. 6d.)—This is a good specimen of the minor books about the war. The author writes as we might expect a man of sense and good feeling would write. There is no false......
Tales Of Dunstable Weir. By Zack. With Photogravure...
A. S. Hartrick. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Most beautiful but most melancholy are the "tales of Dunstable Weir " Zack " gives us in a very fascinating little volume. The stories are......
. The Cavalier. By George W. Cable. (john Murray- 6s)
—In this story Mr. Cable has forsaken his favourite theme, the description of Creole life in some old-fashionezl town, for something more stirring, the great struggle between......
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