... carry lending libraries. The idea hardly likely to find favour among proprietors of magazines and bookstalls, moreover short stories, ami scrappy reading generally, appeal much more to the average traveller than the novel, however thrilling it may be. ...

... matter-of-fact, serious-minded Britisher,” the interest of the story arising out of the difference in their natures and outlook on life; an unusual book. Apples of Gold,” by Warwick Deeping. A story of the day of King George I. The hero is a fencing master ...

... —This author died not long ago, and this collection of short stories is very welcome. Many consider that she was a genius, though some do not admire her style of writing which w as unusual. One story of this volume, named Weak Heart,” is beautifully written ...

... \ou down ! All we want now is a few short scenes show ing you in a better light—just to prepare the audience for the ending, you know —and then that last scene with you playing the hero instead of Manning. It’s a story that will make people sit up in earnest ...

... Roumania, will accompany the story, as will also a short and graphic sketch of the life of the “queenly poetess and poetic queen.” An extremely clever and rising young Irish writer was commissioned to write the second story, and with its vivid word pictures ...

... responsible for the serial story, Riverside Cottage.” Readers of Mr Power’s inimitable stories —and they must be legion —will be glad to have the portrait and autograph that accompanies a short sketch of his life. His story, Touch- Her-Up, of Course,” ...

... “Mother of Time By Rosita Forbes. This is the title of a short thrilling serial which will commence in our next issue. It is the story of the journey with Bedouins of an English woman disguised as an escaped dancing girl, and the tale abounds with exciting ...

... introduced in these stories, and find in each something to thrill, interest, and fascinate. In the number now to hand there are excellent sketches of Mrs Charles Kean, by Emilia Aylmer Cowing, and of Mdme. Le Chevrense, by E. M. Davy, and short completed tale ...

... breezy collection of short stories in that popular author’s best style. The Winding Stair,” by A. E. W. Mason. —This writer’s books are always interesting, the characters living,” and the writing strong. This is a striking and romantic story, with the setting ...

... excellent translations given, from time to time, of the best short stories by the best continental writers, who, by the way, leave English writers a long distance behind in the matter of producing short, vivid fictions characterised by concentrated power. Every ...

... yet seen. The coloured supplement is not perhaps a happy idea, but the pages of the magazine are replete with short, crisp, and seasonable stories, and quite a compendium of instructive and interesting reading. It speaks well for the taste of the reading ...

... Gaelic Folk Stories.” Edited, translated, and annotated by Douglas Hyde LL.D., M.8.1.A. London: David Nutt, 270 Strand. Dr. Hyde has accomplished a good and praiseworthy work in the compilation and publication of the collection of folk stories which is comprised ...