Examples Of Carved-oak Woodwork Of The Sixteenth And...
by William Bliss Sanders (Bernard Quaritoh), is a hand- some volume, containing descriptive letterpress, with twenty-five illustrations, which have been photographed from......
Bygone Beauties. From Paintings By John Hoppner, R.a.
Engraved by Charles Wilkin. Annotated by Andrew W. Tuer. (Field and Tuer.)—" When Hoppner died," Mr. Tuer tells us, "Lawrence immediately raised his prices from eighty to one......
Only An Actress. By Edith Stewart Drewry. 3 Vols. (f.
V. White and Co.)—We cannot compliment Miss Drewry on this book. It is the story of a girl who was, by tarns, a street arab, a police spy, and a very wonderful actress, and who......
Greater London. By Edward Walford, M.a. (cassell And...
" Greater London " is meant, as Mr. Walford explains in his intro- ductory chapter, the district included in the Metropolitan Police jurisdiction, a tolerably regular circle,......
The Foreigners. By Eleanor C. Price. 3 Vols. (chatto And
Windus.) —Miss Price has made here a skilful use of a subject which, indeed, adapts itself readily to the necessities of a novel,—the contrast be- tween English and French ways......
Hints On Sickness : Where To Go, And What To
Do. By Henry C. Burdett. (Kagan Peal and Co.)—Who has not felt, in some sudden emergency from accident or sickness, the importance of knowing " where to go and what to do " on......
In The West Countrie. By Mary Crommelin. 3 Vols. (hurst
and Blackett.)—This story is in the shape of an autobiography, and an autobiography is not an easy form of narrative to manage. Heroines who describe themselves are very apt to......
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Bride Picotde. By the Author of "Mademoiselle Mori." (Bemrose.) —This is a charming little French story, the point of which consists in the self-denial of a little worker in......
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