Concerning Himself. By Victor L. Whitechurch. (t. Fisher...
is a very long story told in the first person by a character whom the author acknowledges to be decidedly commonplace. It must be confessed that the story is like the hero.......
Fancy O'brien. By Ella Macmahon. (chapman And Hall....
a powerful but rather unpleasant novel of life in the middle and lower classes in Dublin. Oddly enough, con- sidering this is an Irish story, her usual touches of humour seem to......
The Quarterly Review.
Tan most urgent question of the day is discussed specifically in " The Lords and the Budget," and generally in " The Privileges of the Commons " The latter article is noticed......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we volice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] From Mine to Ministry. By Thomas Cox Meech. (North of England......
Explorers In The New World. By Marion Mom. Mulhall....
and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—" Both before and after Columbus," Mrs. Mulhall adds to her title. Of the " Predecessors of Columbus." who occupy the first chapter, there is little to be......
Novels.
THE FUN OF THE FAIR.* WREN the education of primary schools has spread its unify. ing conventions more firmly throughout the land, and only the survivors of a forgotten......
Ricadable Novel8.—cousins And Others. By Katharine Tynan....
6s.)—A book of very pleasant stories, the first of which is a little long to be called a " short story " in the ordinary sense of the word. The others, however, are- exactly of......
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