The Growth Of The Empire. By Arthur W. Jose. (john
Murray. 6s.)—The position of this "Handbook to the History of Greater Britain" is already assured. It is unnecessary to do more than call attention to the changes and additions......
Despair's Last Journey. By D. Christie Murray. (chatto...
63.)—Mr. Christie Murray gives fair warning in his title that he, at any rate, has no intention of cheering his readers. His book is a clever study of a man whose life is......
A Sower Of Wheat. By Harold Bindloss. (chatto And Windus.
6s.)—A Sower of Wheat is a tale of an emigrant's experiences and adventures in Western Canada. It is pleasantly told in unpre- tentious and unaffected English, and it mingles in......
The Fighting Troubadour. By Archibald C. Gunter. (ward,...
Co. 6s.)—No one who has not read Mr. Gunter's latest book can conceive how droll is the effect produced by the narration of a romantic story of the time of Louis XIV. in the......
The Octopus : A Story Of California. By Frank Norris.
(Grant Richards. 6s.)—For those who must have sensation The Octopu s will do better, and The Octopus is really an exceedingly interest- ing book. Not, as the title suggests, a......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not bees reserved for review in other forms.] Lord Milner. By W. B. Luke. (S. W. Partridge and Co. is. Cd. net).—Mr.......
The Secret Orchard. By Agnes And Egerton Castle. (mac-...
and Co. 6s.)—The manner of The Secret Orchard is so stagey that if one did not know that the book had been a story before it was made into a play for Mr. and Mrs. Kendal to act,......
Bickerby's Folly. By Tom Gallon. (methuen And Co. 6s.)— Mr.
Tom Gallon has drunk so deeply of the literature of Dickens that nothing he writes can avoid reminding us of the master. The unfortunate thing is that it is not Dickens the......
New Canterbury Tales. By Maurice Hewlett. (archibald...
6s.)—In Mr. Hewlett's New Canterbury Tales his large circle of admirers will find all the characteristic features and qualities of his former books,—masterly use of an archaic......
Previous page
