... Is woman never to have a second chance ? May a mana lead-a doable life, while a woman falls irretrievably t Later Mr. Thomas Hardy faced the problem of A Visit in Tessof the D'Urbervilles, which he called The Story of i Pure Woman. Indeed, it is ...

... Press, edited, with introduction and notes, by Professor Hull, of Cornell. Mr. W. L. Courtney is writing a monograph on Thomas Hardy for Messrs. Greening's -English Writers of To-day series. Messrs. A. C. Swin- bilnne, George Meredith, W. E. Henley, A ...

... Heather. Sligo ; F 11 An- derson, W S Loundes, Captain H Stodon, Majosr F H Thorntan, Williarn Bates, Mrs W Bates, Thomas Hardy, Mrs T Hardy, Mrs and Miss Hicks, Robert Clough, Mrs F Lockett, the MIisses Lockett (2), A J Wheeler, Miss W Hall, H F Forest ...

... Barchester, through Anthony Trollope's novels, and as we are with Castorbridge and Wessex through the guid. ance of Mr. Thomas Hardy. Several of the per- sonages in the new Chronicles have appeared in John Orlebar and Calmshire Folk. but only in a ...

... character and healthy narra- tines, and as such they will always find a place en a bookshelf alongside Thackeray, Mereditb, and Thomas Hardy. The new edition is a marvel of neatness and cheapness. Messrs. Cassell & Company, Limited, have just issued the Life ...

... ideas, its term of existence is fast reich- ing an end. An interesting chapter is The 'Irial I Trip of a Cruiser, and Mr. Thomas Hardy c'o- tinues his serial, Hearts Insurgent, as also does Mr. Harding Davis, The Princess A.. . e. Other well-written ...

... have ever read.- The other conterits are excellent. The rincipal features of Harper's and Scribnser's are the serials by Thomas Hardy and George Meredith, reaDectively. Li ppncott's Monthly Magasine for April is very godreading. Besidei- the compete novel ...

... we were desirous of selecting for special notice any of the articles wesbould point to The Midnight B1aptismB by Mr. Thomas Hardy ; a ~nd A Chemist in the Suburbs, by Mr. Frederick Wedmore, as of exceptional rnerit and even beaut. Other contributions ...

... 'y causion the contributors entertained Mr. Smith. : A tragedy in real life lirs beem engaging the at- as tention of Mr. Thomas Hardy, w-ho is visiting Switserland, accompanied, by M;s. Rardy. The : mysteriouts disppearaee of Mr. J. H Cooper. of Reigate ...

... recollectitirs' of tlie ?? r Lbois do C inte, page andi secretarv of .lnt-n of Are. The serial tale. ' Heart s Iuiirgeat,' by Thomas Hardy passes throug h additional chapters. The short staties, as usIual. constitute. a feature. and there iare several poemis ...

... LiTERARY GOSSIP. Mr. Thomas Hardy's new book, The Pursuit of tile Well-Beloved, will be ready for issue in the Uniform edition of his works by Messrs. Sampson Low & Co. by the end of the year. Mr. Hardy is said to be exercising considerable revision ...

... books read Ha by Queen Victoria, but it has been stated that she Le; ha~s read seine of the novels of William Black, by Thomas Hardy, and Edna Lyall, and in 1192 c ,Ba' cepted the wh, ole set of the novels of Marie Corelli. twi Mr. F. Marion Craw'ford ...