The Unconscious Humourist, And Other Essays. By E. H. Lacon
Watson. (Elkin Mathews.)—Mr. Watson begins by telling us what he thinks about the essay, criticises various essayists, John- son and others. Then he proceeds to give us some......
The Monastery Of Petschenga. By J. A. Friis. (elliot...
Petschenga Monastery was, while it stood, the most northerly one on the globe, standing as it did on the seventieth parallel of North Latitude, and on the actual shore of the......
A Diary Of The Home - Rule Parliament, 1892 - 1895. By...
Lucy. (Cassell and Co )—This is a very lively and graphic account of the three Sessions of the Parliament which restored Mr. Gladstone to power in 1892, and sent him, or rather......
The History Of P. Cornelius Tacitus. Translated Into...
Albert William Quill, M.A. Vol. II. (Longmans and Co.)— Mr. Quill completes in this volume his translation of the History. He tells us in his preface that he has "devoted a far......
A Man In The Fjords. By Andrew Deis. (digby, Long,
and Co.) —Some of Mr. Deir's humour is very poor stuff indeed, and though the latter part of the book is readable, it is only just readable, and readers who begin the book will......
The Oracle Of Baal. By John Provand Webster. (hutchinson And
Co.)—This is a story of the marvellous kind, of the " She " type of tale, to describe by a well-known example. There are those to whom this literature appeals very strongly,......
Youth, His Reminiscences Of Canadian Life And Papineau's...
really interesting, for they refer to a period which can be recollected by only a few. He seems to have enjoyed his term of service in Canada with bunting, sleighing, and all......
Out Of Bounds. By A. Garry. (hutchinson And Co.)—stephen...
the younger, a decorous and prosperous young man, grows weary of the set conventionalities of the respectable life which he leads, and, so to speak, "kicks over the traces."......
The Vigil. By Charles Montague. (constable And Co.)—a...
good birth, who has accompanied a hunter on a big-game expedition, is persuaded to tell his history by the camp fire while the camp is on the qui vive lest lions should stampede......
We May Briefly Mention The Appearance Of A Second Edition
of Dolomite Strongholds, by the Rev. J. Sanger Davies (George Bell and Sons). We commended the volume on its first appearance. It is a description of some interesting climbs,......
Moko, Or Maori Tatioing. By Major-general Robley....
)—General Robley deserves the thanks of students of that very wide science, anthropology, and, indeed, of the public in general, for the composition and publication of this......
Tales. —james ; Or, Virtue Rewarded. By The Author Of "...
College." (Constable and Co.)—The hero is, as may be guessed from the title, a humbug and a hypocrite, who does not meet with his deserts. The other personages in the story are,......
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