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BOOKS.

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BARNABY RUDGE.* WHILE wondering within ourselves how best to review, from an old reader's latest standpoint, this reproduction of a well- remembered classic—at once with due...

Littrarp Ouppirment.

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LONDON: DECEMBER 3, 1892.

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EDMOND ABOUT AS JOURNALIST.*

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IN this volume, M. Joseph Reinach has collected Edmond About's contributions to his own well-known newspaper, Le .Dix-neuvieme Siecle, of which he became editor early in 1872....

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MRS. OLIPHANT'S " PATTY."*

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IT is probable that, even among the people who pride them- selves upon judging fiction by purely literary and artistic canons, the attractiveness of a novel depends very largely...

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THE STORIES OF ANATOLE FRANCE.*

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AMONG the contemporary French critics Anatole France holds a high place. He is no dictator, no system-monger, but a free spirit. bound to no formulas, a candid admirer of what-...

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VOLCANOES.* IT says much for the philosophy of the human

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race that volcanoes are not the objects of terror they might very well be. Yet such is the trust dwellers in volcanic countries repose in the presumption that a certain volcano...

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TWO HISTORICAL BOOKS.*

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THE reverse of the Queen's Gold Medals at Winchester College bear, underneath a representation of William of Wykeham's chauntry-tomb in Winchester Cathedral, the inscription "...

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The Revolution amongst the Flowers. By Florence Byng. (T. Fisher

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Unwin.)—This is an amusing fantasy. A little girl has various curious notions about her flowers, whom, indeed, she treats as if they were her friends. One year they take it into...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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GIFT-BOOKS. The Dingo Boys. By G. Manville Fenn. (W. and R. Chambers.) —This is a spirited story. Captain Bedford, a retired officer of Engineers, takes his family to...

Punch: the Autobiography of a Fox-Terrier. Compiled by Alfred C.

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Fryer. (S. W. Partridge.)—This is a collection of good dog- stories, together with supposed reflections on the p at of the uaimal woich are not quite so good. We take it for...

Told after Tea. By M. and C. Lee. (Griffith, Farran,

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and Co.) —Here we have a story within a story, an arrangement skilfully contrived and carried out. Little Kitty celebrates her birthday, which his turned out wet, in a way that...

Stories. By Ascott R. Hope. (A. and C. Black.)—The author

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has coll cted from his various books thirteen stories, all of them well worth repeating. The longest of them is called " The Burning of the Whius," from a volume entitled " The...

Half-Brothers. By Hestia Stratton. (Religious Tract Society.) —This is an

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uncommonly powerful story. We have seldom seen a tale in which the truth that a man shall reap as he has sown is worked out more effectively, and, at the same time, with less...

A TALE BY MR. MANVILLE FENN.*

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WE do not know whether Mr. Fenn has ever gone sporting or botanising up a tropical river, but he certainly writes as if he had. It would not, indeed, be easy to find a more...

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The Shadow of the Hearth. By the Rev. T. S.

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Millington. (Religious Tract Society.)—This story turns on controversial so - objects, Anglican Churchmanship of the Evangelieal type, Ritualism, and Roman Catholicism. The...

Mistress Branigan. By Jules Verne. (Sampson Low and Co )—

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M. Jules Verne's heroine is the wife of a sea-captain, and plays the part of a L udy Franklin. She resolutely refuses to believe in her husband's death, anl, happier than her...

Plower Folk. By Edith Carrington (Griffith, Ferran, and Co )

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—Here we have three short stories, set to speak in quaintly fanciful surroundings, but tho omse!ves dealing with ordinary hu can beings and actual wants. The f trtunes of little...

Ragged Simon. By Florence C. Burch. (Religious Tract Society t—The

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interesting person in this story is a little girl, known by the nickname of " Monkey," one of those children whose youth is so pathetically contrasted with the woman's work...

The Prince of the House of David, by the Rev.

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J. H. Ingraham, LL.D. (R ettledge and Son). appears in an illustrated edition Another new edition from the same publishers is Household Tales and Fairy-Stories, with nearly four...

Sussex Arckvological Collections. Vol. XXXVIII. (Farncombe and Co , Lewes.)—There

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are some papers of interest in this volume. West Grinstead Church and the interesting features revealed by the work of restoration, is the subject of a paper by Mr. Andre. A...

My Birthday-Book, edited by Mary Trebeck (Wells, Gardner, Darton, and

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Co.), adds yet another to the long list of these pro- ductions. It has been put together, in the first instance, for members of the Girls' Friendly Society, and its speciality...

Baron and Squire. Translated from the German of W. Nordelen

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by Mrs. Pereira. (Nisbet and C s.;—The scene of the stool , is laid in the latter half of the Thirty Years' War, and re :mints the adventures of the two brothers Von Steinach,...

Christmas Books. By Charles Dickens. (Macmillan and Co.)— The five

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" Christmas Books," beginning with " A Christmas Carol " and ending with " The Haunted Man," are included in this volume, to- which Mr. C. Dickens the younger prefixes an intro-...

Short Stories about Animals. By Gertrude Sellon. (Griffith, Ferran, and

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Co.)—This is a new edition of a book publishe I un ter the title of " A Min's B tot, and other Tales,' an I since reissued with the name given above. It doubtless desery is the...

Kate Greenaway's Almanac for 1893 (Routledge and Sons), is as

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neat and pretty as ever, with its appropriate figures of the months.

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The Framework of the Church. By W. D. Killen, D.D.

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(T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—This is a laborious and useful, if here and there dryasdustish book. " Amidst the din of theological war- fare," says its author, " there may be...

A Girl with a Temper. By H. B. F. Knight.

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3 vols. (Bentley and Son.)—Tnis is a decidedly clever novel, with the unusual feature of a second volume equal to, if not better than, either first or third. Indeed, there are...

In Starry Realms. By Sir Robert S. Ball. (Isbister.)—This is

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a republication of several papers of the " popular-scientific " kind, by Sir Robert Ball, which have already seen the light in several magazines, including the Contemporary,...

A Footnote to History. By Robert Louis Stevenson. (Cassell and

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Co.)—We suppose that Mr. Stevenson felt the compulsion of duty on him when he wrote this history of " eight years of trouble in Samoa." We do not say that it is not useful ; but...

Denzil Quarrier. By George Gissing. (Lawrence and Sullen.) —We suppose

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the motive of Denzil Quarrier to be contained in the cry wrung from the hero—the last sentence in the book—" Now I understand the necessity for social law ! " Denzil Quarrier, a...

Chemical Theory for Beginners. By Leonard Dobbin and James Walker.

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(Macmillan and Co.—Nothing is more important than a good grounding in chemical theory, and Messrs. Dobbin and Walker have given us a neat and careful exposition of the prin-...

The Claims of Decorative Art. Dy Walter Crane. (Lawrence and

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Bullen.)—It is pleasant and comforting to meet with some one who stands up, as Mr. Walter Crane does, and makes a good fight for Art, especially Decorative Art It is a source of...

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Taken at his Word. By Walter Raymond. 2 vols. (Bentley

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and Son.)—This is a somewhat strange story, and may at least lay claim to a certain amount of novelty. The hero is a claimant, so to speak, who trades on an imposture, repents...

A King's Second Marriage. A translation of Ary Eislaw's "Le

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Roi de Thessalie." (Eden, Remington, and Co.)—This " Romance of a German Court " is a story of actual life, under a thin veil of fiction. The "King of Thessaly," the "Queen of...

The Bookworm. (Elliot Stock.)—This " Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time Literature"

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is not less interesting than usual. The notes on books old and new, libraries, or various curiosities of the world of literature, are often highly curious and valuable.— Another...

The Philosopher's Window, and other Stories. By Lady Lindsay. (A.

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and C. Black.)—Lady Lindsay chooses, for the most part, a minor key. Her women, too, seem sometimes a little unreasonable. Perhaps, a cynic might say, they are not the less...

English Trade and Finance. By W. A. S. Hewins. (Methuen

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and Co.)—This book requires particularly close attention, if it is to be profitably read ; but it will amply repay any labour that may be spent upon it. After an introduction...

In Spite of Herself. By Leslie Keith. 3 vols. (Bentley

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and Son.)—The story here is very slight. As for the heroine, she accepts a lover for no particular reason, except that it has been by her advice that he eold his patrimony, and...

POETRY.—Dramas in Miniature. By Mathilde Blind. (Chatto and Windus.)—" Tragedies

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in Miniature " these might have been called, with sufficient exactness, for their spirit is the spirit of tragedy. Miss Blind reminds us, after her degree, of the two Brownings...

A Vision of Saints. By Lewis Morris. (Cassell and Co.)—Mr.

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Morris's poem, the merits of which it is not necessary for us again to appreciate, is well set off by the illustrations with which it has been furnished. These are twenty-one...

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Loamy : Printed by COUSINS and Co., 18 Exeter Street,

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Strand and Published by Jolts CAMPBELL, of No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, at the "SPECTATOR" Office, No, 1 Wellington...

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Herr von Richter, Leader of the German Opposition, on Wednesday

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attacked Count Caprivi for his speech in defence of the Military Bill. His argument was that last year the Chancellor had derided the military demand for numbers, although the...

As yet definite evidence has not been produced before the

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Committee, M. Charles de Lesseps, the working director of the Company, and M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, the Procureur- General, and others who know the truth, refusing to be...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

Parliament is not to meet so early as was expected.

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It has been prorogued by proclamation to the last day of January, nearly two months hence. The date has probably been fixed to allow Mr. Gladstone a long Southern holiday during...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE Panama Scandal has already killed a Government. On Saturday, M. Loubet defeated a proposal to grant the legal powers of a .1 - age d'Instruction to the Committee of Inquiry...

NOTICE. — With this week's " SPECTATOR " is issued, gratis, a

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LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.

The Standard on Wednesday published a telegram from the United

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States, in which it was asserted that Mr. '-.71rbert Gladstone had revealed to a correspondent in America the scheme of the new Home-rule measure. It is denied that the scheme...

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No. 3,362.] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892. [ REGISTERED AS A [PRICE 6d. Newel...raze. By Posy, 601.

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The Unionists have lost another Member by an election petition.

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Mr. Clayton, M.P. for the Hexham Division of Northumberland, was unseated by Mr. Justice Cave and Mr. Justice Williams on Tuesday, for having given a cheque to Mr. Baty, who had...

Mr. Justice O'Brien and Mr. Justice Andrews declared, on Wednesday,

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the election for South Meath invalid, owing to the general prevalence of clerical intimidation. Mr. Justice O'Brien commented on the very strong part taken by Bishop Nulty in...

Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., writes to Wednesday's Times on

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the rent question in Ulster. He states that the flax crop this. year has been a disastrous failure ; that cattle in Ireland are unsaleable almost at any price ; and that at the...

Lord Ripon, who spoke at the Eighty Club on Wednesday

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evening, gave an official contradiction to this American rumour as to Mr. Gladstone's intentions. Their friends across the Atlantic, he said, were very smart, but he did not...

Lord Rosebery, as an after-dinner speaker, hardly ever makes a

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mistake, and he certainly understood on Wednesday (St. Andrew's Day) how to extract " the placks and bawbees which he needed for the treasury of the Scottish Corporation; ....

The Municipality of Cork has elected a Parnellite to the•

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office of Mayor by a junction of the Conservatives with the Parnellites. The Council contains twenty-two Anti-Parnellites,. fifteen Parnellites, and seventeen Conservatives....

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The astounding wastefulness of American Representatives is strongly illustrated by

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the annual Report of the Pension Commissioner, just presented to Congress. He claims credit for economy in his department, saying that the pensions for this fiscal year will...

The International Monetary Conference at Brussels has -suddenly become more

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interesting. It was supposed that it would confine itself to abstract propositions ; but on Monday Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, one of the English delegates, proposed that if the...

Mr. Cecil Rhodes, managing director of the British South Africa

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Company, made a speech to his shareholders on Tues- day in the Terminus Hotel, Cannon Street, the persuasive merit of which may be judged from a single fact. His audience were...

The Lincoln judgment has frightened one Protestant Vicar, the Vicar

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of New Malden, Surrey, into resignation. In a letter to the Bishop of Rochester, printed in last -Saturday's Times, he declares that the Lincoln judgment ". has rendered it...

The Times' correspondent in Berlin evidently believes that the Anti-Semitic

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agitation in Germany is growing more serious. An excessively violent representative of the party, Herr Ahlwardt, has just obtained a majority for the Reich- stag, though he has...

Bank Rate, 3 per cent.

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New Consols ( 2k) were on Friday 97.

We are happy to notice that the exaggerated rumours cur-

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rent this week about Lord Derby's health are formally denied. Lord Derby has been ill with asthma, but is re- covering. Lord Derby is almost out of politics, but the country has...

Lady Stanley of Alderley, Mrs. Fawcett, Mr. T. W. Russell,

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and Mr. H. 0. Arnold Forster, bring before the public, in Tues- day's Times, a very pitiable case of suffering and penury resulting from one of the cruel acts of Irish violence....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PRIESTLY INTIMIDATION IN IRELAND. W E have never been amongst those who have grudged the Irish priests a very great moral influence with the Irish peasantry in political...

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MR. CECIL RHODES ON MASHONALAND.

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W E are not specially fond of Mr. Cecil Rhodes. He always seems to us to approximate too closely to the type of the Elizabethan buccaneer ; he mixes up the advancement of the...

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LORD NORTON ON HIGH AND LOW CHURCH.

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T ORD NORTON (better known in the House of Commons as Sir Charles Adderley) has just pub- lished, with Percival and Co., a thoughtful pamphlet on " High and Low Church," in...

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THE PANAMA SCANDALS. T HE Loubet Ministry, which had lasted nine

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months, disappeared on Monday in a rather sensational way. It had got itself into an impossible position. Its chief, M. Loubet, a man of great Parliamentary adroitness and full...

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THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONFERENCE.

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would have volunteered that statement, unless it bore rE resolutions in favour of international bimetallism directly on the Parliamentary inquiry, and after it has which the...

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THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND PLACES OF RECREATION. T HE London

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County Council have consented to apply to Parliament for power to take over the Albert Palace, near Battersea Park, and to maintain it as a place of public recreation, provided...

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THE INFALLIBLE CHURCH ON FUTURE SUFFERING.

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I N the December number of the Nineteenth Century, Mr. St. George Mivart publishes an interesting paper which he calls " Happiness in Hell." His object is to reconcile the...

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MR. BRYCE ON INSTRUCTION IN PATRIOTISM.

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M R. BRYCE, in his speech of Saturday to the Head Teachers of London, hit the weak place in the popular feeling of the Englishman of to-day ; but whether he sug- gested the true...

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TOYS IN COUNCIL.

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T HERE is a "Toy Conference" at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. Like every other class, they have their grievance, and in this case the complaint should meet with sympathy, for...

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"MISSING-WORD COMPETITIONS."

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T HERE is a certain fairy-tale—some version of which, we fancy, is to be found in the folk-lore of nearly every people—that has always seemed to us, until to-day, to require...

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POETRY.

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LOOKING BEFORE AND AFTER. ALL is not lost, though much is changed and dimmed, Though tamed the eager torrent of desire, And sobered, dashed, or dead the hopes that rimmed The...

BOOKS.

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MR. WATSON'S NEW POEMS.* 'Tins little volume more than sustains the reputation which Mr. Watson has already made by the fine poem on Words- worth's Grave and those which...

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FREDERIC CHOPIN.*

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THE analysis of music is a theme which bristles with diffi- culties. As well might we attempt to weave cobwebs into material, and to grasp the transient rainbow, as to analyse...

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MR. SYMES ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.*

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THIS little volume is one of a number published by Messrs. Methuen, under the title of " University Extension Series," dealing with historical, literary, and scientific...

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THE DRAWINGS OF DANIEL VIERGE.—ORIGINALS AND REPRODUCTIONS.* CONCURRENTLY with the

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publication of this handsome English version of Vierge's masterpiece of illustration, the original pen-and-ink drawings are on view for a few days in the exhibi- tion of which...

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A PARCEL OF NOVELS.*

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PERHAPS the most striking feature in The Head of the Firm is the contrast between male weakness and female strength afforded by the two chief personages. One is a kindly,...

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THE MAGAZINES.

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THE half-crown Magazines are rather sterile this month. We are slowly getting nearer to the facts about the Labour Question. Mr. John Burns's paper, in the Nineteenth Century...

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Borneo : its Geology. By Dr. Theodor Posewitz. Translated by

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F. Hatch. (Edward Stanford.)—This is a disappointing book. owing to the fact of its referring merely to the geology of Borneo, which is not expressed in its title. It is written...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Manual of Continuation Schools. By C. H. Wyatt. (Heywood.) —The increasing efforts to instil some amount of education into our working-class population are well illustrated by...

Wise Words and Quaint Sayings. By Thomas Fuller. Selected by

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Augustus Jessop, D.D. (Clarendon Press, Oxford.)—" Wit," says Coleridge, " was the stuff and substance of Thomas Fuller's intellect," and he adds that this circumstance has...

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Poems. By James Mather. (Gardner.)—These poems, for the most part

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descriptive in character, abound in good feeling and defective metre. The author has a love of Nature which does him credit ; but the expression of that love is marred by gram-...

If the " Valentine " has in a large degree

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gone out of fashion, the " Christmas Card" has more than supplied its place. There never was so rich a choice, nor was the taste displayed anything like so good. The proportion...

A Hanoverian - English Officer a Hundred Years Ago. Memoirs of Baron

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Ompteda, Colonel in the King's German Legion, 1765- 1815. Translated by John Hill, M.A. (Grevel and Co.)—" Every distinction is much the same to me," Colonel Ompteda once wrote,...

Round the World on a Church Mission. By the Rev.

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G. E. Mason. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.)—Mr. Mason is to be congratulated on having written a volume that has not a dull page in it. Strong in his...