A Visitor's Handy Guide-book To England And Wales. By Edward
Smith. (George Allen.)—This is written by an American for the special use of his countrymen when on a visit to the "old home." For this purpose it will be most useful. Nor will......
Current Literature.
Round about Armenia. By E. A. Brayley Hodgetts. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—There are some terrible things in Mr. 'Hodgett's Armenia, and even if we allow him to have a very......
The Rise Of The Empire. By Sir Walter Besant. (horace
Marshall and Son.)—This is the first of what is called "The Story of the Empire Series," a number of volumes which are to appear at intervals of two months. Sir Walter Besant......
Hampshire. Edited By A. R. Hope Moncrieff. (a. And C.
Black.)—A new edition of Messrs. A. and C. Black's guide-book. The plan of mentioning places in the supposed order of their popularity tends a little to confusion, but a good......
Recent Novels.* Advancing Years Have Not Modified, But...
Dr. George Macdonald's sense of the responsibilities attaching to the novelist's calling. The plot of Salted with Fire is painful, even repellent, but it is handled with a......
Naples In The Nineties. By E. Neville-rolfe. (a. And C.
Black.) —This book provides excellent reading both for the amateur antiquarian and for the lovers of modern Italy. The chapter on "The Buried Cities of the Campania" is......
Dictionary Of National Biography. Edited By Sidney Lee....
Scoffin—Sheares. (Smith and Elder.)—A volume that contains the names of William Shakespeare and Walter Scott is necessarily above the average in interest. Shakespeare has been......