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don City Churches," as described by A. E. Danioll, 

 illustrated by Leonard Martin : and Mrs. Basil- 

 Holmes made notes on the history of "The London 

 Burial Grounds" from the earliest times to the 

 nt day. John Ashton also gave us "Hyde 

 Park from" Domesday Hunk to Date." K. H. Hab- 

 ben made a study of " London StretT Names." and 

 Isaac Taylor published " Names and their Hi-; 

 alphabetically arranged as a Handbook of Histor- 

 ical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature." 

 G. Buchanan" Gray made " Studies in Hebrew 

 Proper Names"; "Old English Customs extant at 

 the Present Time," by Peter Ilampson Ditchfield, 

 may be classed with "Curiosities of Olden Time-." 

 --. Baring-Gould; and from Kev. Duncan An- 

 derson we had " Scottish Folklore : or. Reminiscences 

 of Aberdeenshire from Pinafore to Gown." ' The 

 Lawyer in History, Literature, and Humor" wa- 

 edite'd by William Andrews. C. II. Herford edited 

 English Literary Criticism," with an introduction 

 by (_'. E. Yaughan. and " English Pastorals." with 

 an introduction by Edmund K. Chambers. Vol. 

 V of Henry Craik's " English Prose Selections. 

 covering the Nineteenth Century." completed that 

 work: and " Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth 

 Century: Contributions toward a Literary History 

 of the Period,'' were edited by W. Robertson Nicoll 

 and Thomas J. Wise. The fourth volume was sent 

 out of "Slang and its Analogues. Past and Pres- 

 ent," compiled by John S. Farmer and W. E. Hen- 

 ley, and Part I was issued of " The English Dialect 

 Dictionary/' founded on the publications of the 

 English Dialect Society and on a large amount of 

 material never before printed, edited by Joseph 

 Wright. Vols. III. IV. and V of " A New' English 

 Dictionary on Historical Principles." edited by 

 James A. H. Murray, brought the work down to 

 "Fish to Flexuose." To William Archer and R. 

 W. Lowe we were indebted for three volumes of 

 "Dramatic Essays,' 1 uncollected essays of Leigh 

 Hunt. William Hazlitt. John Forster, and George 

 Henry Le 



Fiction. The two most noted novels of the year 

 came one from a dead and the other from a living 

 author. " Weir of Hermiston." although left unfin- 

 ished by Robert Louis Stevenson, i- - per- 

 haps his strongest work, and "Sir George Tres- 

 sady." by Mrs. Humphry Ward, continues the life 

 story of her " Marcella." Sir Walter Besant pub- 

 lished "The City of Refuge" and "The Master 

 Craftsman " : William Black wrote only " Briseis " : 

 John Watson (Ian Maclaren). "Kate Carnegie": 

 while James M. Barrie made a sympathetic study 

 of a boy entitled "Sentimental Tommy." Samuel 

 R. Crockett gave his attention to ' Cleg Kelly. Arab 

 of the City," and wrote also The Gray Man." of 

 an earlier day. ''The Seats of the Mighty." by 

 Gilbert Parker, carried us to Quebec in 1759 and 

 made us present at the taking of the city, and the 

 days of the Indian mutiny were recalled by "The 

 Herb Moon" of John Oliver Hobbes ( Mrs. M. Craigie). 

 Yet another historical novel. " The Silk of the 

 Kine," by L. McManus. gave promise of power in a 

 new writer. and dealt with the terrible "transplant- 

 ing" done by order of Cromwell : " A Child of the 

 Jago." by Arthur Morrison, was a piece of strong 

 work, ruthlessly done; and Benjamin Swift (Wil- 

 liam R. Patterson) aroused favorable comment with 

 "Nancy Noon.' _ - : ng published "The 

 Paying Guest." "Sleeping Fires." and "The Un- 

 classed " : Guy Boothby. ' The Beautiful White 

 Devil " and " Dr. Nikola " ; Robert Buchanan, 

 " Effie Hetherington " and "A Marriage by Cap- 

 ture " : William Clark Russell. " What Cheer 1 The 

 Sad Story of a Wicked Sailor": Ernest W. Hor- 

 nung. two stories of Australian life. " Irralie's Bush- 

 ranger " and " The Rogue's March " ; and W. E. 



NorrK "Clarissa Furiosa " and "The Dancer in 

 Yellow." "His Honor and a Lady" came from 



leannette Duncan Cote-; "The Madonna of a 

 Day." from Lily Dougall : " The Wron^r Man." from 



liea Gerard : "The Idol Maker." - The Failure 

 of Sibyl Fletcher," " Marjory Moore," " No Ambi- 

 tion." "Roger Vanbrugh's Wife." "Erica's Hus- 

 band," and " A Rogue's Daughter," from the pro- 

 lific pen of Adeline Sergeant : Edward Christopher 

 Benson followed "Dodo" with two stories of Cam- 

 bridge University. " Limitations " and "The Babe, 

 J!. A.": France.- Frederica Montresor added to the 

 reputation she gained last year with " False Coin 

 or True f" and " Worth While"; John Bloundelle 

 Burton was the author of " Denounced " and "In 

 the Day of Adversity" : Justin McCarthy, of "The 

 Riddle Ring"; II. Seton Merriman (H. S". Scott), of 

 " Flotsam " and "Christian Vellacott. the Journal- 

 ist "; Ada Cambridge (Mrs. Cross i. of "A Humble 

 Enterprise": James Payn. of " The Disappearance 

 of George Driffell " : Frank Frankfort Moore, of 

 "Phyllis of Phylistia," " Daireen." and " Dr Koo- 

 madhi of Ashantee": J. S. Fletcher, of "Mistress 

 Spitfire": Anthony Hope Hawkins, of "The Pleart 

 of Princess Osra " : J. Meade Falkner. of "The 

 Lost Stradivarius" : Stanley J. Weyman. of "A 

 Little Wizard " ; and Lucas Malet (Mrs. M. K. Har- 

 rison), of " The Carissima." The author of " The 

 Fight at Dame Europa's School " sent out " Venus 

 and Cupid " : William Le Queux was responsible 

 for "The Temptress": Albert Kinross told the 

 story of " The Fearsome Island " : Elsa d'Esterre 

 Keeling described " Old Maids and Young " : " Clara 

 Hapgood " came from Mark Rutherford (William 

 Hale White); "An Outcast of the Islands " from 

 Joseph Conrad ; and " When Greek meets Greek " 

 from Joseph Hatton. " The Broom Squire." 1 

 Baring-Gould; "The Wizard." by H. Rider Hag- 

 gard: "The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard." by 

 Arthur Conan Doyle : and "Green Fire." "The Sin 

 Eater." and "The Washer of the Ford." all three 

 by Fiona Macleod. deserve mention, as do Mis. L. 

 B. Wall'ord's "Successors to the Title" and Mrs. 

 Alexander's "A Winning Hazard." "A Fight with 

 Fate." and "A Golden Autumn." Mrs. Oliphant 

 wrote but one novel, " The L'njust Steward." and 

 Charlotte M. Yonge but one. "The Wardship of 

 Steepcombe." "Beneath the Sea." a story of the 

 Cornish coast, was by G. Manville Fenn. who also 

 wrote "Black Tor." for young folks: Marie Corelli 

 was represented by "Cameos." "Jane." "The 

 Mighty Atom." and "The Murder of "Delicia"; 

 Nouchette Carey wrote only " The Mistress of 

 Brae Farm " : S. R. Keightley published " The 

 Crimson Sign " and ' The Cavaliers " : " The Won- 

 derful Flower of Woxindon " was a historical novel 

 of the time of Queen Elizabeth, by Rev. Joseph 

 Spillman. as " A Thane of Essex " was a story of the 

 great Viking raids into Somerset, by Charles W. 

 Whistler: and "The X Jewel." a Scottish romance 

 of the days of James VI. by Frederick Moncreiff. 

 " The Sign of the Red Cross." a tale of old London, 

 came from Evelyn Everett Green, who published 

 also "Judith : The Money-lender's Daughter." as 

 well as " Dominique's Vengeam ,.f France 



and Florida, and "Hope," for juvenile readers. 

 "The Quest of the Golden Girl." by Richard Le 

 Gallienne: "The Story of Hannah." by W. J. Daw- 

 son ; " Fellow-Travelers." by Graham Travers. the 

 author of "Mona Maclean. Medical Student": "A 

 Financial Atonement." by B. B. West :_ "The Touch 



:TOW." anonymous: "My Lady's Heart." by 

 Ellis Markoe: "the Apotheosis of Mr. Tyrawley." 

 by E. Living-Ton Prescott : "In Search of Quiet." 

 by Walter Frith, purporting to l>e a country jour- 

 nal. May-July : "Mother Molly." by Frances M. 

 Peard ; " The Green Graves of Balgowrie," by Jane 



