... Is woman never to have a second chance ? May a mana lead-a doable life, while a woman falls irretrievably t Later Mr. Thomas Hardy faced the problem of A Visit in Tessof the D'Urbervilles, which he called The Story of i Pure Woman. Indeed, it is ...

... few bold touches, Greene Ferne Farm is another serial of considerable power, written after the stylo affected by Mr. Thomas Hardy, introducing dialect conversations embodying rustic ideas which are in the main shrewd, and by no means commonplace, A ...

... Press, edited, with introduction and notes, by Professor Hull, of Cornell. Mr. W. L. Courtney is writing a monograph on Thomas Hardy for Messrs. Greening's -English Writers of To-day series. Messrs. A. C. Swin- bilnne, George Meredith, W. E. Henley, A ...

... has a large collection of professional jokes, but few, I think, better than this one. In the English Illustrated, Mr. Thomas Hardy writes a short story which exhibits some of the power of descriptiveness which is possessed by the author to an extent ...

... Barchester, through Anthony Trollope's novels, and as we are with Castorbridge and Wessex through the guid. ance of Mr. Thomas Hardy. Several of the per- sonages in the new Chronicles have appeared in John Orlebar and Calmshire Folk. but only in a ...

... Bat of vill)age life and village people. The con- ferences at Pottle's upon the events of the day .rre worthy of Mr. Thomas Hardy at his best, for the conversations of tlhe various personages are as quaint and unconsciously wise as those recorded a ...

... character and healthy narra- tines, and as such they will always find a place en a bookshelf alongside Thackeray, Mereditb, and Thomas Hardy. The new edition is a marvel of neatness and cheapness. Messrs. Cassell & Company, Limited, have just issued the Life ...

... named are Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. Charles Reade, Mr. R. D. Blaokmore. Mr. Tenkins, M. P.; Mr. G. Barnett Smith, and Mrr: Thomas Hardy. It has been suggested that a literary congress should be held in Paris during the forthcoming ex- bibition. The proposition ...

... ideas, its term of existence is fast reich- ing an end. An interesting chapter is The 'Irial I Trip of a Cruiser, and Mr. Thomas Hardy c'o- tinues his serial, Hearts Insurgent, as also does Mr. Harding Davis, The Princess A.. . e. Other well-written ...

... the time at which his story is laid, and reproduces the characters with a power that is in na way inferior to that of Mr. Thomas Hardy in F aer from the Madding Crowd or Mr. Blackmcre in Lorna Dloon. We are glad that Jess is concluded. A duller or ...

... Masionic brethren of Dungmunoc tarned out op Friday evening, at half-past six o'clock, to do honour to the remrains of 'Mr. Thomas Hardy, an old and repeatcd member of the Fraternity. The coffin, I on I whlich wera placed a number of handsome wreathe, was ...

... 'y causion the contributors entertained Mr. Smith. : A tragedy in real life lirs beem engaging the at- as tention of Mr. Thomas Hardy, w-ho is visiting Switserland, accompanied, by M;s. Rardy. The : mysteriouts disppearaee of Mr. J. H Cooper. of Reigate ...