... I'OOl1rA - It is impossible to iinagine any story by; Thomas Hardy lacking the dis- tinction that has NvoLl him the positiomi oi the greatest niovelist of the time. ?? BLACK AND WHITE. Mr. Hardy has never written anything finer than the pages in the ...

... a story with an atmosphere of great freshness, and with descriptions of country life and scenery that reminds us of Mr. Thomas Hardy. A story, indeed, which it would be unfair to describe as merely creditable; the two brothers are both striking characters ...

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... uuakoe as tO give it donlething of the charm of cz.jUyf5~ z ,N T.-flundreds of Tho~sind., of thean Novel. huve been Sold. THOMAS HARDY'S NOVELS. AuthoD's Q Ta'70urite Edition. Wim ra ~oN7ISP'CB L=RatLqQ8- Coth ert, at, as each. TESS OF TH rIUMB z F- -DSE& ...

... and no less and me more. Peggy Pryde also discoursed in the ver- nacular upon - ronrdabouts -a subjact upon which Mr Thomas Hardy, in Lif.'s Little Ironies, has not disdained to touch. But while Mr Hardv has treated of the round. about from a ...

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... lose by the death, on Sunday, after two months' illness, of the Rev. John Shearne Thomas, who had been Bursar of the College since i86o. 1-is long THE LATE REV. J. S. THOMAS Bursar of Marlborough College Photo by Maull and Fox, Piccadilly years ot service ...

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