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    It suicide on the first page of this novel , but , owing to a series of unexpected events , fails to

    accomplish his tragic purpose till the last page is reached . The interval is tilled up with the ¦ doings ¦ ^^ B ^^^ of ^^^ ^^^^ a ^^^^^ ^ n ^^ " ^^ umber ^^^^ ^*™*^^ WV ^ r __^ F ^^ p of ^^ T ^^^ peop ¦ - ^^ ^^ r m le ^^» _^ p- , b ^ more _^^^^ p _^ b ~_ w ^^ m ~^^ or ^ b >~ _^ h ^ less ^™ _^ . f ^^^ ^

    shady in character , whilst the hero figures as the protector of a murderer , and thereby becomes * accessory after the fact . ' To those

    who are fond of light reading , ' spiced with crime and vice , this shilling ' s-worth will be acceptable .

    From Messrs . Digby & Long . —* Only a Fisher Maiden , ' by A . Macknight . A favourite plot with novelists forms the basis of this touching

    and well-told story . A fisher-maiden saves the life of a lord . A warm attachment begins , which ripens 4 . into passion JLate love . The

    nobleman , unable to resist family influence and class prejudice , marries a lady in a position equal __ . to his own . He . then makes — dishonourable _____

    proposals to the fisher-girl , but is dismissed ior ever with a fierce outburst of indignation and scorn . Before long the pride of the fishing

    village dies of a broken heart . From Messrs . GriffithFarran — Okeden — & _ , * , *

    "Welsh . — ' Ghosts : a Drama of Family Life , ' by Henrik Ibsen , translated by Henrietta Frances Lord . ( New editionrevised . ) Some terrible

    phases of the law of , heredity are here illustrated with realistic detail . Vicious tendencies are transmitted from father to son with painful

    and appalling results . Whilst the praiseworthy object of author and translator is above sus-_ icion , * there is certainly •/ little ___ wisdom shown

    and no beneficent end to be served by the production of such a disagreeable drama . From the same . —' Nora ; or A Doll ' s House -y ' a

    play by Henrik Ibsen , translated , by Henrietta ____ , Frances Lord . ( New edition , revised . ) The evils arising from an ill-assorted marriageand the

    «¦_ tj , necessity for allowing full scope for the free exercise of individuality in the training of girls and women ; have furnished the chief

    motives for writing this play . Since the first publication of the translation in 1882 , criticism of the play has taken varied shapesand will

    , continue to do so as long as there are two sides to the question regarding ' the freedom of women . '

    From Messrs . Hachette & Co ., Paris . — ' Dramaturges et Komanciers , ' par 6 mile Mont 6 gut . The contents of M . Montegut Kf ' s volume consist ^

    of essays on : —Theodore Barriere ' s plays ; the novel in 1801 , MM . H . Riviere and Krckmann-Chatrian ' s early works ; the three periods of M

    Octave Feuillet ( 1 ) from the * Premiers Proverbes' to the ' Koman d ' un jeune homme pauvre , ' ( 2 ) Sibylle , ( 3 ) M . de Camors ; M .

    Cherbuliez ( 1 ) an aesthetic fantasy , ( 2 ) earlier novels , the novel in 1870 , MM . Gustavo __ Droz , , A . ThcTu riet , and Alp ^ honse Daudet ____ ;

    M . V . Sardou , Pattes de mouche a Dora ;' M . Emile Augier ; minor dramatic essay * , Montjoye' by Feuillet Madame Caverlet '

    ,, , by E . Augier , and A . Dumas , ' JEtrangere . ' The author of ' Dramaturges et Komanciers ' finds in Octave Feuillet one of those rare

    writers whose every book merits the close attention of a critic . The essays devoted to his ' Sibyllo' and * M . de Camors' are very

    elaborate and interesting as comparative studies . From Mr . John Hogg ¦¦¦>¦ . — 'The Way to Prove a

    Will , and to take - _ out Administration _ r , ' b ¦ y ' . Almaric Bumsey . The favourable reception fh <

    accorded to the author ' s little work on * Will Making' offered ample inducement for the

    preparation of the useful handbook before us . The information given and its general arrange-^ ment ^^ w ^ b -w — are — — — - a _ — ¦ " model — — — — — of — clearness — — — and — — - - ¦— conciseness - _^ — — m ^ j fc w . -w — - ^^ ^*^ m _^^ 0

    Executors , particularly those of testators of moderate means , will find the directions supplied quite A sufficient to enable them to carry out

    theirduties satisfactorily without incurring the expense of legal advice . From ? Little Messrs Miss . Hurst Colwyn & ' b Blackett y Adeline , Limited Sergeant . — .

    , ( 3 vols . ) In spite of its unnecessary length , and of certain inconsistencies in construction , few will dispute x that Miss Sergeant *— ' ' s latest novel

    is both clever and entertaining . Two schoolgirls , Margaret Adair , an heiress , and Janetta Colwyn % / , a gove <_ j rness- pup . _ . il , and the daug •—' hter

    of a struggling surgeon , become bosom friends . The schoolmistress , disapproving of the int — im — ——— acy — m - , threatens to expel X . Janetta ,, Margaret * - _•

    begs her mother , Lady Caroline Adair , to remove her from the establishment , and to a ^^ j ^ l l ^^ low ^^ ^^^ w v ™ Ja ^^^ ^™*^ w n ^^ ^~ ett ^^^ _^ ^^ ^ a ^^^ to _ . * ^^ - ^ accompa _—^^ ^^» ^~ p * ¦ ^^ ™ ~—~ _¦ ' —~ ¦ n — — y her — ~^ — home . — Mar — ~ — -

    garet's pleading prevails , and the exit from the school becomes a turning-point in the lives of the two gir ] s . Various characters are

    introduced on to the scene , with whom the fortunes of Margaret and Janetta are more or less co ^^ ^ y n ^ necte _ ^ ^^ ^^ _¦ ^* d _» , m ^ and s-w — — **^ whose w _~ - ~ —*~ ^ -- individuality ^ — - — — — — — — ^ y is true - to

    life . The action of the story , though not of the exciting nature which distinguishes some of Miss Sergeant's previous worksrouses the

    , sympathies without puzzling the reader ' s speculative faculty as to the outcome of an elaborate plot . The two friends at length find suitable

    husbands j- " - — - - , and the sto - ry ends happ ^ j ily . Graceful style , good taste , and healthy tone are conspicuous throughout this creditable novel .

    From Messrs . Lee & Shepard , Boston , U . S . — Edward Burton , ' by Henry Wood . A novel in which on almost every page reflections on social

    v , __— ^ - _ — — _ r — - — — — ~ — j r ~ j , political , and theological subjects are oddly blended . Mr . Wood , although apparently versed in the theological views held at Andover

    — _ , _ j and Princeton Seminaries , as well as acquainted with the doctrine of evolution and the revolutionary tenets of American anarchists , has

    failed to accomplish successfully the task which he indicates in his preface , namely , to write a novel representing systems and doctrines as

    found in the expression of character . It is true that the doctrines chiefly advocated are those ^ r m j ^ ^__ f p ' ^^^ usually ^ ph i i ^ « . ¦ ^»» ^ »™ ^ " considered ^ m ^ ^^ r —t ^— r- ^ - w —~ — — - ^— - - ^— - ^— ^ r- sound — —w ~ .... _____ and — . __ healthy ^ , ,

    but tlie characters of which they are the 4 expression * are , generally speaking , unnatural and improbable . We think Mr . Wood ' s failure ,

    arises mainly from the fact—acknowledged in the preface -that * no individual has served as a model for character outline . ' The book will

    no doubt win the approval of a certain limited class of readers , more numerous , probably , in America than in England . !

    From & Rivington Messrs . Sampson , Limited . IjOw — Beethoven , Marston , ' , by Searle H . A . KudiHThis adds another contribution to the I

    Jl - 14 \ A . tl > k M . JL AA I k _? CV * V * O CAJJIV / UM . A V > K V / UlH / l IWU ^ iVl * w * - ' __•_ - ( 4 Great , Musicians _ ' series , and is well worthy of , a place amongst its predecessors . The author

    has jmrsued a method that will be welcome . Instead of crowding his pnges with titles , dedication ^ . * ™ ~ t - _ at- ™_ _ v ___ f »¦ ¦ —^ _— ' ^"_ " _» w— —— s —m & — . ~ w ¦ ~^ c ^ r . —» ¦ ^ he —¦ —_ F has ^~ ^—_•'»— ' — dealt ^»^^ —~ —*~ ~— -w * ^— ' with — - — - » ¦—— - — — - ~ such — com-^— ' , , ^^ ^ ~—

    positions only as were connected with external events of more or less importance in the com' s career f and the rea mJmt der * ¦¦ is ¦ referred r— ¦— to

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 2, 1890, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02061890/page/16/