The Place of Dreams. By the Rev. William Barry, D.D.
(Sands and Co. 3s. 6d.)—These stories will appeal to people who like to read of supernatural adventures and " black magic." In the first three stories the scene is laid in the present day, and the mysterious workings cf forbidden knowledge are skilfully inter- woven with the ordinary events of life. As a Roman Catholic the author perhaps treats miraculous events with more convic- tion than would an ordinary teller of ghost stories. However this may be, he succeeds in making the reader shudder at the " darker arts." The last part of the book consists of what he calls a fantasia on a romance of Hoffmann's, in which miracles, magic, and alchemy all have a share. The writer shows wisdom in the reticence with which he treats supernatural horrors, leaving many details to be supplied by the imagination of the startled reader.
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