The Cities Of The Dawn. By J. Ewing Ritchie. (t.
Fisher Unwin.) Mr. Ritchie, who uses the nom de plume of " Christopher Crayon," might have written, if he had pleased, a harmless book, even if he could not have written one of......
St. Francis Of Assisi : Lectures Delivered In Worcester...
By Canon Knox-Little. (Isbister and Co.)—eanon Knox-Little had evidently taken so much pains in preparation for these lectures, by reading both the original authorities and the......
A Writer Of Fiction. By Clive Holland. (constable And Co.)
—Mr. Cardew, after writing novels for some fourteen years or so, finds that publishers look askance at his work, and literary agents decline the attempt to " place " it. That is......
A Pot Of Honey. By Susan Christian. (t. Fisher Unwin.)—
There is a strange sort of pessimism about this tale. It is a story of the ironies of fate. So much we can see, though we must own that there is much that we do not......
Thirty Years Of Teaching. By L. C. Miall. (macmillan And
Co.)—This book is full of good sense and practical wisdom. We regard education from a somewhat different point of view from that of Professor Miall, but are glad to hail him as......
Braefoot Sketches. By J. Mackinnon. (alex. Gardner.)—here...
" Kailyard" literature, of at least average quality. The Scoteh is a little difficult. Here are some specimens which might serve for a critical paper in the Orford Literature......
Walt Whitman : The Man. By Thomas Donaldson. (gay And
Bird.)—We do not think that the fame of Walt Whitman is altogether served by this memoir of him. Mr. Donaldson describes a number of absolutely trifling habits of the man,—how......
Old Corcoran's Money. By Richard Dowling. (chatto And...
a good tale of its kind ; incidents abound ; character is strongly marked ; there is a sufficiency of suspense and surprise. We must own that we have not been able to see how it......
My Bonnie Lady. By Leslie Keith. (jarrold And...
a great feud between the Mintos and the Iuglises, the first family having gone down in the world owing, they think, to the machinations of the second. The "Bonnie Lady"......
The Making Of Abbotsford, And Incidents In Scottish...
the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott of Abbotsford. (A. and C. Black.) —These twelve essays exhibit the lady of Abbotsford's usual selective skill and command of materials, and they......
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