Thorley Weir. By E. F. Benson. (smith, Elder And Co.
6s.)—Now that Mr. A. C. Benson has found his power as a novelist, it is open to Mr. E. F. Benson to step into his place, and betake himself to a gentle philosophy. It might be a......
The Second-class Passenger, And Other Stories. By...
and Co. 6s.)—These fifteen short stories keep up to a good level. Those into which Mr. Gibbon intro- duces the supernatural are, as one would expect, the least successful, but......
Fiction.
NOTWITHSTANDING.* IN the perfect novel one expects a natural causation which yet does not preclude the element of surprise, without which there is no refreshment. The successive......
Readable Novels.—five Years And A Month. By Mrs. Morris...
(Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—A record of an unhappy marriage, of the callousness of the husband, and the trivial flirtations of the heroine, who dies on the last page, to solve the......
Some Books Of The Week.
[tinder this Leadin g ire noties such Eccks Ql the week as Tars rot leen 'furred for rettete in other forms.] The Story of the Great Armada. By John Richard Hale. (T. Nelson and......
The Stock Exchange From Within. By William C. Van Antwerp.
(Effingham Wilson. 6s. net.)—Mr. Van Antwerp's book deals primarily with the New York Exchange, but it contains much that will be of interest to English readers. The author......