Misprision of Felony. Monaco, The Story of. WOLFFSOHN By A. WERNER. By W. MILLER, M.A. as pictured by Neapolitans. By LILY New Year's Day, 1900. By E. M. RUTHERFORD Pilgrimage, A Fin de Siècle. By F. W. LOCKWOOD Play-Bill, The: its Growth and Evolution. By PERCY FITZ- GERALD, M.A. . Plea, A, for a Victorian Code. By J. E R. STEPHENS Potter, A West Country. By GEORGE SWEETMAN Queerest, The, of Colonial Books. By J. F. HOGAN, M.P. Richardson, Samuel, Some Correspondents of. THOMSON By CLARA PAGE 521 22 72, 155 594 Robert Burton and his "Anatomy of Melancholy" described by Ruskin Hall: the Poor Man's College. By M. BERKELEY Shakespeare and Marlowe, The Joint Authorship of. By JAMES T. FOARD Speakers, Points about. By JAMES SYKES Story, The, of Monaco. By W. MILLER, M.A. Sultan's Harem, The Women of the. By Lucy M. J. GARNETT Mr. Swinburne's New Drama-The Story of Rosamund-Mr. The Translator of Rabelais-A Scottish Hero of Romance- Mr. Lang on our Taste in Literature-Are we Ceasing to Read Luxury in Book-collecting-In Praise of Books-Fine Edition-Molière-Shake- "The Ship: Her Story"-Mr. Clark Russell on Ships of the Women, The, of the Sultan's Harem. Tambala Chalmers, The Courtship of. By A. WERNER THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. JANUARY 1900. A BOOKMAN'S DILEMMA. BY CHARLES LUSTED. N the High Street of the picturesque old town of Castleborough stands a large red brick house, peculiar to the period of Queen Anne. It is removed some thirty feet from the pavement, and in summer-time is covered with the lavender tassels of the wistaria. It is a noticeable house, a house to covet and adorn. At the time of the following episode it was the home of Richard Spender, and he was very proud of his possession. The rooms were large, handsome, and comfortable, not one could be called dull. From the front windows could be seen the shifting scenes incidental to the principal street of a country town; and the back opened on a pleasant view of rich pasture meadows dotted with clumps of trees and watered by a winding river. One summer afternoon Richard Spender sat in his study, which overlooked this meadow land, with his eyes fixed upon the hollyhocks and roses growing in profusion in his old-fashioned flower garden. But he did not see them. His eyes were full of inward thought. One hand held a pass-book, the other was lifeless. Richard Spender had discovered that his expenditure would exceed his income. This hard fact paralysed him. It was new to his existence, altogether strange. He estimated that he would require between £200 and £300 more to meet current expenses until his next half-yearly remittance was due. He felt his position keenly. He endeavoured to account for its cause. An important investment had failed, one of his horses had died, his son had been ordered to India, and his outfit was an extra VOL. CCLXXXVIII. NO. 2029. B Armorial Adversaria. By W. BRADBROOK, M.R.C.S. By Dora Cave Black Night, A. By J. LAWSON Bookman's Dilemma, A. BY CHARLES LUSTED Burton, Robert, and his "Anatomy of Melancholy," described by himself. By JOHN T. CURRY. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. By M. PROWER By W. B. PALEY. Colonial Books, The Queerest of. By J. F. HOGAN, M.P. Courtship, The, of Tambala Chalmers. By A. WERNER De Brosses, The Letters of. By ALBERT LOUIS COTTON Dog, The, in Literature. By C. TROLLOPE NORLEY Dynasty, the Founder of a. By E. PERRONET THOMPSON For the Credit of his Colour. By HAROLD BINDLOSS G. MCPHERSON, F.R.S.E. Indian Treaties. By E. B. OSBORN, B.A. Joint Authorship, The, of Christopher Marlowe and William 133 258 443 Kentish Descent, A. By JOHN CHEESMAN NORWOOD. 134 320 443 Light, Electricity, and the Ether. By J. ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S. Lost City, The, of the Vale. By JOHN STAFFORD. Marat as an Englishman. By W. ROBERTS Misprision of Felony. WOLFFSOHN By A. WERNER By W. MILLER, M.A. as pictured by Neapolitans. By LILY New Year's Day, 1900. By E. M. RUTHERFORD. Pilgrimage, A Fin de Siècle. By F. W. LOCKWOOD GERALD, M.A. . By PERCY FITZ Plea, A, for a Victorian Code. By j. E R. STEPHENS Potter, A West Country. By GEORGE SWEETMAN Queerest, The, of Colonial Books. By J. F. HOGAN, M.P. Richardson, Samuel, Some Correspondents of. By PAGE 521 22 84 308 258 494 Robert Burton and his "Anatomy of Melancholy" described himself. By JOHN T. CURRY Ruskin Hall: the Poor Man's College. By M. BERKELEY FOARD Speakers, Points about. By JAMES SYKES Shakespeare and Marlowe, The Joint Authorship of. By JAMES T. Story, The, of Monaco. By W. MILLER, M.A. Sultan's Harem, The Women of the. By Lucy M. J. 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