... And so on and so on. Ghastly and comic stories of people, European and Asiatic, whom Mr. Montagu has met, are thick as blackberries, and give a very realistic idea of the many sides of war. And for veracious romance it would be hard to beat the stories ...

... HISTORY OF RIP VAN WINK:LE. Plays on this marvellous legend, as set forth by Washington Irving, are as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, and though in some small points they may differ in essentials they are all very much alike. The history of Rip ...