ore Watts-Dunton. (London: Ward, Lock, and Co.,
Ltd.) 2s.

"We suppose the publishers find that this sort of literary rubbish,
suffused with antediluvian bigotry of the most benighted character, pays:
otherwise, no doubt, they would not have issued it as a volume of their
'New Minerva Library.' It consists of a twaddling introduction by Mr.
Theodore Watts-Dunton, who tells us he has been 'brought into personal
relations with many men of genius,' and so on _ad nauseam_, and of a sort
of novel by Mr. Burrow, in a palpable imitation of the style of De Foe
without a spark of De Foe's ability. The only thing for which this Mr.
Burrow is distinguished is his crass anti-Catholic bigotry; and the terms
in which, in one part of the book at least, he refers to the Blessed
Virgin are an outrage not merely on the religious feelings of Catholics,
but also on ordinary propriety. Catholics, unless they deserve to be
treated scornfully, will take note of the fact that such a work as this
has been issued by Messrs. Ward and Lock." To get an idea of the _semper
eadem_ of Catholic criticism, the reader should compare with the above
the _Dublin Review_ for May 1843, in which the author of the _Bible in
Spain_ is described as "a missionary sent out by a gang of conspirators
against Christianity who denominate themselves the Bible Society."

{37} The popularity of _Lavengro_ has been rapidly on the increase
during the past ten years, if we may judge by the number of editions. It
was printed in the Minerva series in 1889, and reprinted 1900. A version
of large portions of the work by Duclos appeared in 1892. Macmillans
published an edition in 1896, Newnes in 1897. It was included in the
"Oxford Library," 1898. An illustrated edition, an edition produced
under the supervision of Dr. Knapp, a miniature edition of Dent's, and
the reprint of the Minerva edition, already referred to, appeared in
1900, apart from booksellers' reprints such as those of Denny and Mudie.

{38} Dr. Jessopp in _Daily Chronicle_. April 30th, 1900.

{39a} Borrow is said to have expressed a desire to meet but three
sentient beings: Dan O'Connell, Lamplighter (a racehorse), and Anna
Gurney. He was introduced into the presence of the last-mentioned at
Sheringham, but so far below the vision was the reality (as must appear)
that he turned and ran without stopping till he came to the Old Tucker's
Inn at Cromer (East Anglian tradition).

{39b} Mary Clarke,