... haZ coat, it is said, over £10,000. Mr J. Ashby Sterry has written a novel under the title of ' A Tale of the Thames. Mr Thomas Hardy has theughts of extend. ing hisstory, ThePursuit of the Well-Beloved, into a full-blown novel. This story was written ...

... a book of quite formidable dimen- sions on what he terms The Art of Thomas Hardy. The volume, truth to tell, throws quite as much light on Mr. Lionel Johnson as on Mr. 'Thomas Hardy, but the egotism and pedantry of this elaborate essay in criticism, ...

... FICTION. Life's Little Ironies, a set of tales; with some Collo- quial Sketches, entitled A Few Crusted Characters, by Thomas Hardy (Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co.) Needs Must, a novel, by Amelia S. C. Young (Pamnela Sneyd). 1 vol. (Osgood, MlcIlvaine, ...

... 210, 216. The Great Shadow, and Beyond the City, by A. Conan Doyle. (J. W. Arrowsmitb.) The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy. (Sampson Low and Co.) Pp. 432. A. Conflice of Evidence. by Roodrigues Otollengni. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) Pp. 347. The ...

... on Saturday, in adds- tion to one each evening during' thE week.' THE CLOCK WAnWiokeo.-Ab. Bishop Alkl ; land on Monday, Thomas Hardy,. Helmin- row, inakeepep, wis charged with keeping opez at 10.15 p.m. on the 6th ?? Hary said nQ5, as she told P.O. Campbell ...

... Francis. fllustrated by Frank Felloes.-A Retrospect, and Other Articles. By Mrs Russell Barrington. -Wessex Tales. By Thomas Hardy. With an Etching by H. Macbeth- Raeburn and a Map of Wessex. The Wessex Novels. Vol. XIII. (London: Osgood I M'Ilvaine ...

... 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 ...

... as Dame Margery was very satisfactory. The other parts were well sus- tained by the Messrs W. H. Williams, H. Langford, Thomas Hardy, A. S. Homewood, W. S. Scott, and Honeyman, and Misses Robson and Meredith. The other pieces produced during the week have ...

... applause to her playing of Leonard's Souvenir de Bade. An occasional epilogue, rather ponderously written by Mr Thomas Hardy, had some merit not its own imparted to it by Miss Ada Behan,, whose appearance in proprid persondI before the curtain ...

... DAVISON MOY THOMAS DUTTON COOK G. A. SALA J. OXENFORD F. ANSTEY HUGH CONWAY R. JEFFERIES W. S. GILBERT HENRY M. STANLEY H. H. JOHNSTON MRS. OLIPHANT BRINSLEY RICHARDS ANDREW LANG ASHBY STERRY J. GREENWO.-D GEORGE MACDONALD THOMAS HARDY ROBERT BUCHANAN ...

... will have the faintest idea as to Mr. Hardy's meaning unless, perhaps, she happens to be the wile of a wheelwright. Another eminent novelist of to-day., Mr. W. E. Norris, is wiser in his generation than Mr. Thomas Hardy, for the autinorof Major and Minor' ...

... Mr. Pinero, SirB. Samuel. son, M.P, Mr. Maarten Eartens, 3r. H. D Stanley, Mr. Stacy Marks, RA., Sir J. R Robinson, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr Alma Tadema Kit., Sir Forrest Fulton, Q.C., Sir John Monobton, Mr. DicLsee, R.A., Dr. Conan Doyle, Mr. Melton Prior ...