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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1893. 



" The Delectable Duchy," by Q (Arthur Quiller- 

 Couch). Mrs. F. A. Steele sent six short stories 

 " From the Five Rivers " of India, and Frank 

 Mathews saw the west coast of Ireland and its people 

 "At the Rising of the Moon." Charles Haddon Cham- 

 bers drew " Thumb-Nail Sketches of Australian 

 Life," and J. H. Pearce recounted " Drolls from Shad- 

 owland." Frank Frankfort Moore, in " I forbid the- 

 Banns," dealt yet again with the sex question, describ- 

 ing a comedy which was played seriously ; the influ- 

 ence of heredity was traced " From One Generation 

 to Another " by Henry Seton Merriman ; John Oli- 

 ver Hobbes (Mrs. Craigie) made "A Study in Temp- 

 tations " ; and David Christie Murray described "A 

 Wasted Crime," and also " Time's Revenges." Other 

 well-known authors were represented : Ada Cam- 

 bridge, by "A Little Minx " ; Rosa Nouchette Gary, 

 by "But Men must work"; Florence Warden, by 

 " My Child and I," " Grave Lady Jane," "A Shock to 

 Society," and " A Terrible Family " ; Mrs. Alexan- 

 der (Mrs. Annie F. Hector), by "Found wanting"; 

 George Macdonald, by " Heather and Snow " ; Matilda 

 Betham-Edwards, by " The Curb of Honor " ; Justin 

 McCarthy, by " The Dictator " (of a South American 

 state) ; B. L. Farjeon, by " Something occurred " ; 

 George Manville Fenn, by "A Secret Quest," " Wit- 

 ness to the Deed," and " Nurse Elisia " ; Adeline 

 Sergeant, by " Christine " j Anthony Hope, by " Half 

 a Hero," the scene of which was laid in the South 

 Pacific ; Stanley J. Weyman, by "A Gentleman of 

 France " ; Mrs. Forrester, by " Dearest " ; Florence 

 Marryat, by " Parson Jones " ; Frank Barrett, by 

 " Kitty's Father," " Out of the Jaws of Death," and 

 "The Woman of the Iron Bracelets"; Joseph Hat- 

 ton, by " Under the Great Seal," a story of St. John's, 

 Newfoundland, a hundred years ago- Annie Thomas, 

 by " Utterly Mistaken " ; Fergus Hume, by " The 

 Harleauin Opal " ; and Mrs. W. K. Clifford, by "A 

 Wild Proxy." II. Rider-Haggard went to Mexico for 

 "Montezuma's Daughter" ; "Mark Rutherford's Auto- 

 biography," which aroused much comment some years 

 since, was supplemented in 1893 by " Mark Ruther- 

 ford's Deliverance " ; Miss Lily Dougall, the author 

 of " Beggars All," showed deep spiritual insight in 

 " What Necessity knows." Christabel R. Coleridge 

 wrote, a_lone, " Waynfiete," as Miss Charlotte M. 

 Yonge did " Grisly Grisell," while both collaborated 

 upon " Strolling Players." M. E. Braddon (Mrs. 

 John Maxwell) laid the scene of "All along the 

 River," first upon the Cornish coast, shifting it after- 

 ward to France and Italy; The Duchess added 

 " The Hoyden " to her long list of similar heroines, 

 and also described " Lady Verner's Flight," while 

 John Strange Winter (Mrs. H. E. V. Stannard) an- 

 alyzed " The Soul of tne Bishop." It only remains 

 to mention briefly "A Comedy of Masks," by Ernest 

 Dowson and Arthur Moore ; " Can this be Love ? " by 

 Mrs. Louisa Parr; "Tiny Luttrell," an Australian 

 story, by Ernest W. Hornung- "Catherine," by 

 Frances M. Peard ; " The Red Sultan " and " The 



Forty " and " Out of Reach," by 

 Stuart; "A Moral Dilemma," by Annie Thompson; 

 and " To right the Wrong," by Edna Lyall (Ada 

 Ellen Bayly). Andrew Lang gave to young readers 

 and their sympathizers " Prince Ricardo of Pan- 

 touflia," being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son ; 

 and he also contributed introductory essays and notes 

 to an American illustrated edition of tho Waverley 

 novels, in 48 volumes, initiated during the year, and 

 limited to 1,000 copies. 



Fine Arts. Only 86 books were issued in this 

 department in 1893, whereas 1892 showed 147, and 

 among these, it is to be remembered, are included 

 illustrated books. The most important were George 

 Moore's " Modern Painting," fiercely polemical, but 

 coming sometimes close to the soul of things ; Philip 

 Gilbert Hamerton's brief exposition of the technical 

 principles and practice of " Drawing and Engraving," 

 and " The Evolution of Decorative Art," by Henry 



Balfour. F. E. Hulme treated also of " The Birth 

 and Development of Ornament." William Morris 

 edited " Arts and Crafts Essays," by members of the 

 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, with an introduc- 

 tion, and Marcus B. Huish supplied " The Year's Art 

 for 1893." Vols. III-V appeared of " The Castellated 

 and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the 

 Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century," by David Mc- 

 Gibbon and Thomas Ross, and " Inigo Jones and 

 Wren," by William J. Loftie, traced the rise and de- 

 cline of modern architecture in England. Tavenor 

 Perry supplied a " Chronology of Architecture, 306- 

 1626." J. S. Gardner wrote on " Ironwork : From the 

 Earliest Times to the End of the Mediaeval Period." 

 Percy Fitzgerald's "London City Suburbs as they 

 are To-day " was splendidly illustrated by W. Luker, 

 Jr., and P. Norman wrote on " London Signs and In- 

 scriptions." " Latin Historical Inscriptions, illustrat- 

 ing the History of the Early Empire " was a work of 

 unusual interest and value by J. McN. Rushforth, 

 and W. Carew Hazlitt made a study of " The Coinage 

 of the European Continent." Four lectures of Henry 

 Irving upon " The Drama " were collected into a vol- 

 ume, and contain the last word upon the subject from 

 unimpeachable authority. F. T. Pigott wrote upon 

 " The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan," and 

 Georgiana Hill filled two volumes with " A History 

 of English Dress " from the Saxon period to the 

 present. " Lord Tennyson and his Friends " was the 

 title of a series of 25 portraits with reminiscences by 

 Anne Thackeray Ritchie, and the Hon. Mary Monica 

 Scott described " Abbotsford and the Personal Relics 

 and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott." 

 which were illustrated by William Gibb. Miss S. T. 

 Prideaux supplied " An Historical Sketch of Book- 

 binding." 



History. No historical work of sterling value is to be 

 recorded from English authors. C. S. Fearenside's " In- 

 termediate Text-Book of English History " was con- 

 tinued to cover the period 1485-1603 ; Rev. Sir G. W. 

 Cox published " A Concise History of England and the 

 English People " ; Montagu Burrows, " Commentaries 

 of the History of England from the Earliest Times to 

 1865 "; and Edgar Sanderson, a " History of England 

 and the British Empire " ; while H. Morse Stephens 

 gave his attention to " Europe, 1789-1815." The 

 " History of Modern Europe," by the late C. A. Fyffe, 

 filled three volumes. Sir Alfred Lyall traced "The 

 Rise of the British Dominion in India," Sir George 

 Campbell gave to the public his " Memoirs of my In- 

 dian Career," G. W. Forrest edited Vol. I of " Selec- 

 tions from State Papers " upon " The Indian Mutiny," 

 William Forbes Mitchell contributed " Reminiscences 

 of the Great Mutiny, 1857-'59," and J. Tulloch Nash 

 " Volunteering in India during the Indian Mutiny 

 and Sepoy War." H. G. Kceue wrote a " History of 

 India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day," 

 for the use of students and colleges. In the " Epochs 

 of Indian History " series, " Ancient India 2000 B. C.- 



our East African Empire : Early Efforts in Nyassa- 

 land and Uganda," by Capt. F. D. Lugard. in two 

 volumes ; " A History of the Gold Coast of West 

 Africa," by Col. A. B. Ellis; and Vol. VI of George 

 McCall Theal's "History of South Africa," covering 

 the period 1834-'54. In the "Story of the Nations" 

 series " The Story of Parthia " was written by- 

 George Rawlinson, "The Story of Poland," by W. R. 

 Morffll, and " The Tuscan Republics," by Bella Duffy. 

 In the " University Series" Arthur J. Grant portrayed 

 " Greece in the Age of Pericles " ; W. Warde Foster 

 made a study of "The City-State of the Greeks and 

 Romans " ; " Outlines of Roman History " was a use- 

 ful book of reference by Henry F. Pelharn ; and in the 

 " University Extension Manuals " " The French Revo- 

 lution " formed the theme of C. E. Mallet. W. A. 

 Salisbury sent out a history of " Portugal and its 

 People." Special studies were "The Grey Friars in 

 Oxford," by Andrew G. Little ; " The Jews of Ange- 



