31 JANUARY 1891, page 14

Dramas Of Life. By George R. Sims. (chatto And Windus.)—

Mr. Sims is one of the best, most popular, and most realistic— without being realistic in an offensive sense—of writers of short stories, in which "umble " and " 'igh" life are......

How To Read Character In Handwriting. By Henry Frith. (ward,

Lock, and Co.)—Even those who look askance at graphology will find this " grammar" of the subject to be very readable, and even curiously fascinating. It seems, at least at......

Lady Brough. By Bernard Barris. (eden, Remington, And...

Borris takes for his subject the old theme of a woman who marries for rank and money, but does not forget her old love. But her old love forgets her, and fixes his heart upon......