A Hurricane In Petticoats. By Leslie Keith. 3 Vols. (bentley
and Sons.) — This is hardly a happy title, but it is not difficult to see its justification. Into the serene life of " Grandmamma Severn," a dignified old lady who is very much......
Passion's Slave. By Richard Ashe King. 3 Vols. (chatto And
Windus.)—The title does not promise a pleasant story, and a pleasant story we do not get. At one time we are disposed to think that we are not even going to get a lively one ;......
In My Lady's Praise. By Sir Edwin Arnold....
of " poems, old and new, written to the honour of Fanny, Lady Arnold, and now collected for her memory," may be best commended to our readers' attention without criticism. The......
Theological And Devotional Boom:j.—the Scripture Doctrine...
By Henry Harris, B.D. (H. Frowde.)— This "plea for unity" is a very well-reasoned and temperately worded statement of doctrine, such as persons of moderate views might accept.......
The Bible True From The Beginning. By Edward Gough. Vol.
II. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Gough carries on his work as far as the end of the fifth chapter of Exodus, and promises to complete it in five more volumes. He is an......
A Happy Wooing. By H. Cliffe Halliday. 2 Vols. (hurst
and Blackett.)—This is a somewhat commonplace story, which is not raised above the average by a certain eccentricity, for such it is rather than originality, in the plot. The......
Glorinda. By Anna Bowman Dodd. (ward And Downey.)— The...
is the daughter of a reckless, boastful Colonel in some Western State, and herself shows the workings of heredity by a wild fancy for the stage. The crisis of her life is the......
Life Of William Ellis. By Edmund Kell Blyth. (kagan Paul,
Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Ellis was a " Philosophic Radical," and exhibited the characteristic failings and excellences of the sect. Possibly the former were exaggerated by the fact......
Izaak Walton's Complete Angler. With Introduction By...
(Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, U.S.A.; Mac- millan, London.)—Mr. Lowell's introduction is a pleasant, sen- sible, modestly proportioned little work. Tedious discussion, as,......
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