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The Stolen Emperor. By Mrs. Hugh Fraser. (j. Long. 6s.)

—The reader who may not be acquainted with the literary ability of Mrs. Fraser must not suffer himself to be discouraged by a somewhat unpromising beginning in this "Tale of Old......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as haw not been reserved for review in other forms.1 Within the Pale. By Michael Davitt. (Hurst and Blackett. 5s.) —Mr.......

The Magazines.

THE November Nineteenth Century is singularly varied in its contents and in the quality of its articles. Thus we have Mr. Archibald Hurd in an interesting article discussing the......

Rachel Harr. By Morley Roberts. (eveleigh Nash. 6e.)—...

Dickens will remember Mr. Pecksniff's perplexity about the name of "those fabulous animals (pagan, I regret to think) who used to sing in the water," and the readers of Rachel......

No The Yellow Van.*

A NEW book from the pen of Mr. Whiteing agreeably diversifies the monotony of the novel - reader's existence, as this accomplished writer belongs to the honourable minority who......