12 MAY 1883, page 16

Books.

ITALIAN BYWAYS.* Mn. SYMONDS'S candle is set upon a candlestick, and his light shines before men, BO that it invites a closer criticism than would the brilliance of less......

Two Good Novels.*

WE bracket these two novels, because in both there is the same peculiarity. Each must be judged as an intellectual effort, by its author's treatment of a single character. Mr.......