... book. Mr. Howells opened the ball by ohoosing Tolstoi. He did not, however, stop there, but passing England picked out Mr. Thomas Hardy our greatest worker in fiction, and nezt him Mr. George Moore. Mr. Brander Matthews selected Thackeray and Barry Lyndon' ...

... large circulations. Mr. Gladstone was much disappointed at the comparatively small sale of his great edition of Butler. Mr. Thomas Hardy is paying his usual early summer visit to London. He is said to have Made considerable progress during the winter and spring ...

... every book they pubfioh. In “Helbeck of Bannisdale her style to have become as pure as the stylo of that master of English, Thomas Hardy, with whom she lias many traits in common. Mrs. Ward has seldom done anything finer than this book, which is full of masterly ...

... they pub- HA. In Helbeck of Biumilidale her style seems to have become as pure as the style of that muster of English, Thomas Hardy, with whoa she has many traits in common. Mrs. Ward has seldom done anything finer than this book, which is full of masterly ...

... daughter of John Gilbert, of Keevii, Trowbridge. On the 24th ult., at the Wesleyan chapel, Glastonbury, the Rev. W. Kimber Hardy, Thomas Selwood, of Keiuton Maudeville, to Harriet Pittard, of Street. the 25th ult., the parish church, Cheddar, by the Rev. F ...

... they publish. In Helbeck of Bannisdale her style seems to have become as pure as the style of that n.aster of English, Thomas Hardy, with whom she has many traits in common. Mrs. Ward has seldom done anything finer than this book, which is full of masterly ...

... luxe circulations. Mr. Gladstone was much disaminted at the comparatively small sale of his great Winos of Butler. Mr. Thomas Hardy is paying his usual early summer visit to London. Be is esid to have made considerable progress during the winter and spring ...

... circulations. Mr. Gladstone was much disappointed at the comparatively small sale of his great edition ot Butkr. from Mr. Thomas Hardy is paying his usual early summer visit to London. lie is said to have made considerable progress during the winter and ...

... him to come to that gathering Dorset m), Lord Digby, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop Southwark, Cauon Bernard, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Calcraft, Mr, Mansel-Pleydell, Sir Henry Peto, the Hon. Humphry Sturt, M.P,, and Colonel Portman. Lord in proposing ...

... e in 1635 and settled down in a town of the same name in the American colonies. It will be remembered that the hero of Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree is a Dorset man called Dick Dewy. Tice comity is evidently pr0 , ..1 of the reputation for ...

... — At Mylor. Owing to some fine bowling Hardy and Tresawna for their respective sides the scores were low. Scores Probus School, 53 (Tresswua 37) and 33 for wickets (Lawman 21. not out); H.M.S. Ganges, 26 (Hardy 12). Flushing v. Bt. Mawas —On the ground ...

... the late J. Bain M.R.C.S., &c., both of Bridgwater. On the 21st inst., at the Wesleyan church, Glastonbury, by the Rev. W. Hardy, Frank James Slocombe, of Street (son of Mr. James Slocombe, of Whitley farm, Walton), to Mary Hannah (Minnie), daughter of ...