31 JANUARY 1891, page 9

Recent Novels.* Whether Mr. Black Is At His Best Or

at something a little below his best, his work has a tender poetic grace which is always irresistibly winning. To compare Stand Fast, Craig .Royston ! with A Danghter of Heth or......

The Memoirs Of Ale Xandre D,pias.*

IT might have been as well if Mr. Davidson could have contrived to compress into his two volumes—perhaps mado a little larger for the purpose—the whole of the Meanoires. We can......