... had he but lived to complete it-- is Mr. G. W. Steevens's From Cape Town to Ladysmith (Blackwood), of whose author Lord Kitchener said, He was a model correspondent the best I have ever known and a master of happy phrases too, such as The Royal Navy is ...

... finished in a correspondingly tasteful manner. The houses are small, varying in size from two to four rooms, with necessary kitchen and sanitary accommodation. There is a common hall, to be used as a library and reading-room, which is panelled in oak and ...

... ment, but by standing on a heap of stones I made out the room where the Brontiis worked and talked, also at the back the kitchen where they used to work and iron and peel potatoes. The museum was of unexpected value. I spent two hours there and enjoyed ...

... Aladdin, who exchanged new lamps against old ones, would have hesitated to barter the luminary of the Belvoir bard against the kitchen candlesticks and farthing candles of Dr. Valpy. As for the reviewers, sleep they in peace for me, though those must have been ...

... English people ought to he thoroughly familiar with how few good histories we have. The latest, of course, is that by Dr. Kitchen, which, by the way, lias been severely handled. But no consecutive history is likely to be in demand at the libraries in the ...

... Freeman has discoursed on it strikingly in its relations to early-English life. In our own day it is usually relegated to the kitchen, where, and where alone, dogmatic views are held on what constitutes a real lady. T3ut Mrs. Putnam lias in view an account ...

... quick but limited intellect. Taby ra said just now Come Anne pillopatotas (i.e., ft pill a potato). Aunt has S come into the kitchen w just now and said Where are your feet, K Anne Anne an il swered, on the floor, aunt. Papa opened the jg parlour door and ...

... proprietor of The English Review. I should like to see both young men win a different kind of distinction by joining Lord Kitchener's Army. C. K. 5 A list of books received by The Sphere will be found on the sec nd page of this issue. Boswell's House ...

... battalion, which is known as the Ups, short for Universities and Public Schools, was inspected a week or so ago by Lord Kitchener, who paid them all kinds of compliments. l\/[ r. Compton Mackenzie is at present residing in the Isle of Capri for the benefit ...

... the p New York Nation by far the best literary newspaper in my judgment remarks that Miss t Braddon's books have largely a kitchen and shop-girl audience. C. K. S. t A list of books received by The Sphere will be found p on he second page of this issue ...

... of bread were handed round in a tiny basket, how three glasses were filled with water, and the dirty plates taken into the kitchen, and plates of rice pudding brought in on a tray. ...

... brass taps of the sink shining like gold, leaving the sink itself as white as the bath in the tiled bathroom, and leaving the kitchen so swept and garnished that you could invite a duchess to tea at the table. ()ne, however, observes that this paragon among ...