18 NOVEMBER 1893, page 8

Mr. Andrew Lang's True Story-book.* A Humorous Preface,...

not the least entertaining part of his volume, Mr. Lang apologises to his young readers for a possible disappointment,—t hey may have been expecting another book of fairy-tales,......

Madame De Krudener.* Barbe-julie Wietingroff, To Call The...

this curious but decidedly interesting memoir by her maiden name, was born at Riga in 1764, and was the daughter of a wealthy Livonian merchant-prince of German extraction.......