... Boston, says tbe book is the greatest as it is also the author's latest. Like all American readers he is in favour of the short story as against the full three volume length most favoured in England. As to the Manx setting, the critic says : Tbe close ...

... ; a hole that lets the cash leak away like water through a sieve, a hole that is the hardest in the world to sew up. A short story will show it best. Drummore South Cottage, Musselburgh, near Edinburgh. September 16th, 1891 Gentlemen,— Fp to 1885 ...

... Napoleon Few in number mly be. but enough to keep the English drumbeat follow- ing the sun around the world. Here is a short story from an old soldier ; a little about the India:-. Mutiny, mora about another mutiny. He says : In 1354 I enlisted in the ...

... you see tha force of the illustration ? Sometimes a man's machinery is never right from the hour of his birth. Here is a short story one man tells about himself, which will show what we mean. He says : •' One ship is never weak be- cause another is ; but ...

... patritisui and courage, but of what use is he iv an army if he cannot carry a musket ? Allow us to ill v trate the point by a short story. Mr John Hudson, now thirty-two years oi age, was born at Warboys, in Huntingdonshire. When he was twenty-five years old ...

... Braddon either in the capacity of conductor or author seems a little strange, but it is so. Mr Wilkie Collins contri- butes a short story under the heading of The Captain's Lost Love. It possesses all the thrilling interest usually to be found in Mr Collins' ...

... from w Ore founder- ing he and others were saved. Tho jolts ef the wheels on the sleepers cut lim short in his story, and, alas ! in a few moments cut short his career. The bodies of Mr Pilkiogion and his son were officially identified at the inquest on ...

... imagine that matters were becoming serious, and lease, l her a great ileal about her cones pouilenb. Well, to make a long story short, he propose. l by letter, and avus accepted. Then ho came an.) saw her for the first lime. They were mutually pleased, and ...

... Society a somewhat now depar- ture was laken. The evening was occupied by readings given by Mrs Evans, among which was a short story by Dickens, entitled. **• The Boots ' of Holly Tree Inn, and the able manner in which it was read, caused much amusement ...

... version of Mr Hall Caine's The Christian. Mr Hall Came has been offered a fabulous sum, running into four figures, for a short story for a London magaaine. We bear that he has not accepted the offer. He has, however, under consideration a tempting proposal ...

... red chariot, tears round the arena three or four times, and whisks otf always amid a storm of applause. To make a long story short, on the evening of the 4th, the largest lion, Pasha, was cross, broke loose from the chariot, and when Darling tried to ...

... beauty and arti.-tic feeling, whilst the illustration by Rudolf Blind is truly excellent. Mr James Payn contributes a short but capital story entitled aa Oifice Secret. Julictt, by Mrs Lovett Cameron, continuts to improve as we chaw near the closing chapters ...