... century; and Thomas Hardy, who can-1 le tributes a story of English oorntry life. ce . A bolt j issud. from the office of the al Fifeashre Advertiser, and sketehing theereez of of Provost Swan, tells-astory worth repeating about )w his friend Thomas Capiyl; ...

... is practically settled that - Professor Drnmmond's book on the evolution of rman will not be published for a year.-Mr. Thomas Hardy is understood to be giving himself a rest from fiction. He has been encouraged by the reception of his little sketch at ...

... The Silence of Dean Maitland,` has had a mixed reception. Some warm critics have likened it to George Eliot and others to Thomas Hardy, while less favourable judges ridicule it - unmercifuLly. W e think it a mass of plagiarisms -probably quite unintenti ...

... L1TEIIAIlY NOTICE. A Paor of B-ve 7yes. A Kovel7by Thomas Hardy London: Henry S. King and Co. This novel belongs to a high order, and shows a ?? acqsinutance 'with various pha3es of life, in the ranks at once of the nobility, clergy, and gentry. The ...

... Ludgate Magazine. 'Tlhe question put to them was, Wiich of their own books they preferred. Mr. &T-orgc Meredith, Mr. Thomas hardy, Airs. Huraphry Ward, Mr. Ilenry James, and Mr. Anthcuiy 1ope prefer to leave the question unanswered. Sir Walter Besant ...

... forthconingg season the following new novels I -CSiysto~vell: a Dartmoor Tale, by It. Dl, Until_ . o A Laodiocan, by Thomas Hardy; Wait- I ;ug, ?? A. M. Hopkinson; Den John, by Miss Jean IVgeo. Warlock of Warlock, by George I acdonalgo 'Ceoily's ...

... foaled in 1891, third prize. Mr. Thomas Pearson, Manor az House, Garston, Lancashire; shire filly foaled ina' 1890, first prize, Mr. ?? Beckett Chadwick, i Crofton Lodge, Runeorn, ditto, second prize, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mere Hall Farm, A Knruteford, Cheshire; ...

... The book will contain. an original etching of Charles It., and ten other historical portraits. It is dedicated to Mr. Thomas Hardy. The Duke of Norfolk is beginning the restoration of the ancient choir at Arundol gene- rally called the FitzAlan Chapel ...

... poetry, hygiene, art, and theatrical description, all find a place in this months part. James Payn, Richard Jeff ries, and Thomas Hardy tire in the light department; Jean Ingelow and E. W. (IGsse figure in the poeticel domain; Dr. Richardson has bad hia ...

... te important notes on installatiha managemen& ] est The illustrations are numerous and goo?. 03 A Pair of Blue Eyes. By Thomas Hardy, - In, author of Tess of the d'Urbetvilles, &c. .u nd (2s. 6d. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1 and Co.) This amusing ...

... has taken this extreme measure of precaution. It is true that the gifted authoress found herself banned in company with Thomas Hardy; but this she will poe- pibly hardly regard as a compliment. And yet The Sorrows of Satan' and Barab- bas are found ...

... 3Igeaaine for the coming year include a series of papers on the peasantry of various parts oz the United King- dom. Mr. Thomas Hardy is to do the Dorsetsh1ive Laeborer, Mris. Oliphant the Skye Croftier, and Mir. Justin M'Carthy the Irish Cottier. Mr. Statley ...