its author.

* * * * *

We all know that Mr. WILLIAM CAINE has a gay humour, and he indulges it
liberally, sometimes rollickingly, in _The Fan_. With a candour which I
warmly commend he states conspicuously that most of these stories have
appeared before, and he expresses his acknowledgments to various Editors
over a widish range--from _Macmillan's Magazine_ to _London Opinion_, and
from _The English Review_ to _Answers_. It would be an innocent diversion
to have to guess which story was written for which Editor. But for whatever
public the author caters he is, with only one or two exceptions, out for
fun, and he gets it. Some of his stories are pure extravaganzas, but they
are written in a style unusually good for this kind, and by a very shrewd
observer of human foibles. Messrs. METHUEN tell us that Mr. CAINE "views
life from an angle all his own," and although I do not often find myself in
agreement with publishers' opinions of their own wares it is to me a right
angle.

* * * * *

[Illustration: THE ECONOMIC ERA.

PROVIDE YOUR OWN WATER SUPPLY AND RELEASE A WATER-RATE COLLECTOR.]

* * * * *

"THE FOOD HOARDERS THREATENED.

NOT MORE THAN 1 TON OF COAL AT A TIME."--_Daily News._

Then, as the vulgar have it, the food-hoarders will just have to go and eat
coke.

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