Not In The Belting. By Sir Randal H. Roberts, Bart.
(F. V. White and Co.)—This is a story of a well-known type. The scene is laid in a county which it is not difficult to identify with Leicestershire. The incidents and language......
If The "local Government Act," Commonly Called "the...
Act," is not understood, it will not be for want of help. We have now before us two more manuals devoted to the explanation of its provisions. The more elaborate of the two, in-......
In The Track Of The Sun. By Frederick Diodati Thompson.
(W. Heinemann.)—Mr. Thompson left New York for Chicago on October 14th, 1891, and returned to that city on May 18th in the following year. This handsome volume records by pen......
The Experiences Of Loveday Brooke. By C. L. Pirkis....
son and Co.)—Loveday Brooke is a "Lady Detective," and tells various stories in which her ingenuity is shown to great advan- tage in comparison with the clumsier wit of her male......
All The Year With Nature. By F. Anderson Graham. (smith,
Elder, and Co.)—These eight-and-twenty papers, collected from various newspapers and magazines, describe the life in the woods and fields during the four seasons, sketch some......
The English Historical Review: April. (longmans.) — Mr....
a long article— it extends to more than fifty pages— replies to two opponents, Mr. Archer and Miss Norgate, on the question whether the army of Harold at the battle of Hastings......
Two Books Which Visitors To London, Not To Speak Of
Londoners themselves, will certainly find useful, are London of To - Day, by Charles Eyre Pascoe (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.) ; and London in 1894, originally compiled by......
Humourous Plays. By Francis H. Moore. (dean And Son.)— These
short plays and duologues are written for amateurs, and involve, as the author says," a very limited number of characters, and no exceptional amount of dramatic experience." A......
Tom Sawyer Abroad. By Mark Twain. (chatto And Windus.)— This
extravaganza is amusing, but not, in our judgment, so amusing, by a long way, as Tom Sawyer's adventures on the Mis- sissippi. He, with his faithful companion, who plays Pylades......
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