Clouds Of Black And Gold. By E. De Siraint. (digby
and Long.) —There are some good points in this story, notably a sense of humour ; but it is lamentably foolish, badly written, even vulgar in parts, and much confused as to......
Darrell's Dream. By Christopher Horner. (ward And...
seldom read of a more improbable crime than that of the first villain in Darrell's Dream, or a more clumsy villain than his tool. Indeed, William Welby is the moat pitifully......
Inconsequent Lives. By J. H. Pearce. (w....
the author, is a " village chronicle, showing how certain folk set out for El Dorado," &c. The "El Dorado" was nothing more than such happiness as most people who live decent......
The Making Of Flowers. " Romance Of Science Series." By
the Rev. George Henslow. (S.P.C.K.)—Professor Henslow devotes this volume to explaining and deducing facts from the origin and variety of floral shapes ; and surely nothing can......
The English Catalogue Of Books. Vol. Iv., January, 1881 —...
1889. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—This volume contains a list of " works published in the United Kingdom, and of the principal works published in America," during a period,......
The Three Boots. By W. H. Stacpoole. (dean And Son.)—the
opening chapter of Mr. Stacpoole's story shows his knowledge of Stock Exchange life and its fascinations ; and it appropriately ends with a stockbroker's suicide. All this is......
The Valley Council. By Percy Clarke. (sampson Low And Co.)
—This is the first Australian story we remember in which the existence of an unknown State in the middle of a savage desolate country forms the chief feature of the narrative.......
Joan Tracy. By Sidney Lloyd. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—this Is A
slight though well-done sketch of an easy-going and indolent but good-hearted officer's wooing. It is hardly a novel or a story, but it is readable and light, written in pencil......
The Bantams Of Sheffield. By Guy Balguy. (the Leadenhall...
Balguy says in his preface that he could not write about Sheffield without bringing some dialect in, and, indeed, we are pleased to see it, as well as the Irish which is also......
Colour Measurement And Mixture. " Romance Of Science...
Captain Abney. (S.P.C.K.)—Scientific text-books founded on lectures generally have the advantage of lucidity, and we are reminded of this in perusing Captain Abney's Colour......
Bacteria And Their Products. By G. Sims Woodhead. "the...
Science Series." (Walter Scott.)—Mr. Sims Wood- head has really made a most readable volume out of a subject which, if interesting, is perhaps somewhat repulsive to the majority......
Lady Rosalind. By Louis H. Victory. (digby And Long.)— With
much that is bad, there is much that is promising in Lady Rosalind. But " Louis H. Victory" has an imagination that it would be only just to call unbridled, and by calling in......
We Are Very Glad To Recommend To All Interested In
the study, a cheap edition of The Resultant Greek Testament, by Richard Francis Weymouth, D.Lit. (Elliot Stock). It is a most con- venient statement and exhibition of what has......
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