In The Moment Of Victory. By C. L. Pirkis. 3
vols. (Ward and Downey.)—Sir Peter Critchett, a fairly amusing busybody, takes into his house a foreign-looking young lady who has been stranded in the neighbourhood by the......
Travels In Dreamland. By Alfred C. Fryer. (swan Sonnen-...
and Co.)—Master Harold must have been a remarkably intelligent "boy of six," if he could dream, and, what is more, relate to his mother, on awakening, these very well-ordered......
Judge Lynch. By George H. Jessop. (longmans.)—this "tale...
Californian vineyards " relates the very narrow escape that a certain Jack Scott had of meeting with summary vengeance at the hands of the Vigilance Committee of San Pablo. A......
The Son Of John Humble. By G. Norway. (blackie And
Son.)— This is a very spirited story of the sea, interspersed with pleasant and lively sketches of Scandinavian manners. John Humble is the son of a Swedish peasant, left an......
The Golden Sunshine Story - Book. By Muriel Evelyn....
Co.)—The stories are in large, clear type, and very well suited for young readers. The pictures are good, the animals being for the most part well drawn ; but the horse's head......
Blankthorpe Parochial Papers. By " An Old Parishioner."...
Rev. C. R. Ball. (S.P.C.K.)—The " Old Parishioner " is, we may suppose, not a literary fiction, but gives us a view of Church matters from a layman's standpoint. The relations......
The Penance Of John Logan, And Two Other Tales. By
William Black. (Sampson Low and Co.)—The first of these three tales is one of the most striking and effective pieces of work that we have ever seen from Mr. Black's pen. John......
Le Comte De Paris. By Le Marquis De Flers. Translated
by Constance Majendie. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—This is the story of about fifty years (1838-1887), for it begins with the marriage of the Duc d'Orleans, and ends with the......
Feet Of Clay. By Amelia E. Barr. (james Clarke And
Co.)— Miss Barr has written here a fine story, as, indeed, it is her wont to write. If the restoration to right and goodness of George Pennington and the wonderful......
Jacob's Letter, And Other Tales. By Rowland Grey. (kegan...
Trench, and Co.)—The first of the six tales collected in this volume is a very simple story of how a woodcutter in the Niederwald, not hearing of his son in the Franco-Prussian......
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