Captains Of The World. By Gvrendolen Overton. (macmillan...
6s.)—This book is so contrary to what English people consider the "spirit of America" that the reader is constantly obliged to remind himself that the events narrated take place......
Next-door Neighbours. By W. Pett Ridge. (hodder And...
is no need to tell the readers of " Mord Emly "that they will find much to interest and more to entertain them in Mr. Pett Ridge's new book of stories. Perhaps in using the word......
Mrs. Sinclair's New Novel Is Much Longer, More Ambitious,...
more minute in detail than any of her previous ventures. Whether it is likely to prove more successful is another question, for the materials are in some respects so unpromising......
Equanimitas.
the strokes will reach the lay reader, as, for instance, when the lecturer warns his brethren to preserve their calm even should they find a most trusted patient secretly dosing......
George Borrow Said Many Years Ago That He Formed His
style upon a study of the Newgate Calendar, and it is true that the annals of crime have generally been written with a directness and simplicity which more serious history......
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