... pseudo-religious order, the story is written in a didactic vein, and has 4 purpose. It is an indictment of vivisection, which is attacked, not ineffectively, from the side of humanity and sentiment. The hero of the story is a young doctor, Hugh Fortescue ...

... the substance of the story. She herself is, s. not a striking figure, but turns up all1 mattera [e of domestic difficulty, and the .ptteracea-of here n gentle, old-fashioned wisdom ?? maksk nher real to us. Though her-love story is ro-d ty mantic, we ...

... Clouston's story differs, however, in one par- fr ticular from other stories of the kind. His im- It personating character plays the part with the IA consent, end indeed at the instigation, of the ' man who is being impersonated. Briefly told, T the story describes ...

... THE BYRON STORY. Ur B3. R. Noel, H]umberston, Leicester, writes to the Post:- If there be one thing more than another which has intensified the 'admiration which Lady Byron's friends have felt for her, It hasbeen the faot of her consistent determination ...

... flee't awa'-atd a ch' that- bided- -ms ahit i mytie.I hvewritte more than lintended,- all iad- and have 'but lamely to-ii my stories `after aSll, -,tnt perhtaps no3 e. my having, made' this art-empt may' lead others who have e he thei ~d more to tell, and ...

... NOVFILS AND STORIES. 1. The Curse of the Feyrills. By Sylvia e II Penni author of Chronicles of Wittleton,' '&c. a '(London: Jarrold & Sons, 3 Paternoster Raow)-. n The curse of the Fevrills is drink, and this I i is a story with a purpose. The dominant ...

... little love story of which Ruth Weldon is the G, are heroine gives a colouring of sentiment to the . )lay career of the Salvation offlcer, Captain Lobe. sely Greifenstein. By F. Marion Crawford. al, the 3 vols. (Macmillan & Co,)-If this story of gi' German ...

... not the whole, of these five stories have appeared in the magazines, but they are all so admirable that we are glad to see ,them gathered together in easily accessible and permanent form. Nowhere are Mr Hardy's skill as a story-teller, his dramatic faculty ...

... coming poem, suggested to Byron's mind the cirumstance of OMan. fred's story; and it is not unnatural that some people on reading it should fanoytbat they sas aclue to the unrevealed story of his matrimonial troubles. THE LATE MRS HEMAMS. ON LORD BYRSON. The ...

... Ghostf r nasionary work countrys ye among the Druids. The story has plenty of rde Iinterest, and should appeal to those. who ?? the pseudo-religious. B les The Lady From Nowhere, a Detective U e's Story. By Fergus Hlume. (London: Since th in Chatto & Windus ...

... & Co. 1889.)-The exalted and majestic lady is Zenobin, and the incident in her career upon which Dr Macdowall founds his story is, of course, the taking of Palmvra by the legions of Aurelian and the captivity of the queen herself A little, very little ...

... critio to set himself up !r as a sceptic. But, in effect, the author does not !r I show the courage of her opinions in this story. d ?? the Juan turns out to be quite a harmless T :t kind of fellowr, very much in love with Ruth . Hlav-ward, and only indulging ...