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The Black Familiars. By L. B. WALFORD,

London: Longmans, Green & Co. This story, laid in the days of good Queen Dess, when you the Spanish Inquisition and its Block Familiars were capable of striking terror to the hearts of the people of England, is told in Mr. Walford's beat stylo. Smacking of trne savour of the times of which it treats, tho plot winds round as pretty a love tale as ever was told. The book cau be commended both ve an entertainment and as being an nesful com mentary on the bistery of the period.

The Guilty House, by FERGUSHUMB. London:

George Bell & Sone.

THAN Mr. Fergus Hume there are few authors

botter able to entrsace the novel-reader with a tale in which mystery is blended with romance. While not totally devoid of the nervously tragic

tension of his fumors Hansom Cab, this novel has in it more of human interest und mach more of good characterisation. It is sousational enough to please the greatest stickler in this respect, and apart from that is eminently readable, though the topic is the well-worn cns

of the elucidation of a hidden srime,

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Centurion with her heavy gun-sights in a defer- tive condition. For all practical purposes, unless the rights and mountings haro been pat | right at Hongkong, the vessel might as well be without heavy gaus, and she is less efficient than any of our new armoured craisers. She cannot be counted as a genuine battleship, The torpedo dofills is weak, and the whole squadra in without the dock accomodation needed to keep it in good order, while, if there is war between Rossis and Japan, the Japaness docks will be anavailable. In view of the feat that Russiai. constructing three new largo decks on the Pacific, it is time that the accommodation at

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SIR LESLIE STEPHEN. Sir Leslie Splen, whose death our London correspondent recorded recently, was younger brother of the late Sir James St-phen, lawyer and publicist, and son of Sir James Stephon, for many years Permanent Under Seoretary at is Colonial Office, and grandson of James Stephen, Master in Chancery, the friend of Waller fores. He was in his seventy. second year, He was educated at Eton, King's College, Londs, and at Trinity College, Cam-

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THE FÅR KART, BA The attempt of M. Peiletan to despatch at short notice the French armoured cruiser Bully to the Far East has not proved very successful, as the ship turnel out to be huready for sea! and her departure has been much delayed. The usual disagremble incident that seems inevitable where M. Pelle'an is concerned has occurred in her case, since her captain, Farret, was suddenly and brusquely superseded, being replaced by Captain Guibertenu, a young oflear just promotel. There is no cause for surprise

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ship to ms. The French Fleet in the Farwhole century since the final emancipation of East, when joued by the Sully, will be composed the slave. I know not whether the Government of the three armoured crnisers, Montcalm, Gurydon, and Sully, and three protected can command a majority to force upon us this cruisers, Chateaurenault, Pascal, and Bageoud, shome, but it cannot be long befors the nation with the wual assortment of rubbish that accumulates on foreign stations in the third line. The pld armonrolade, Bedoubtable and Fauban, which are stationed in Indo-Chins, are no longer of mach value for war, nor have they fall crow, France maintaine no inodera battle- ship in the Far East, in this resembling Germany, though the German Admiralty will

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Alacrity, despatch-boat, 1,700 tons, 10 guns, 3,000 hp., Comdr. O. De Brook, Hongkong Albion, battleship, 12,950 toas, 16 guns, Capt.

Fremantle, Hongkong

Algerine, sloop, 1,050 tons, 6 guns, 1,100 h... Comdr. Rowland Nugent, Hongkong Amphitrita, lat class craiser, 11,000 tons, 18,000 hp. Capt. Charles Windham, C.V.0, Mite Bay

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Espiegle, gunboat, 1,070 tons, 10 guns Comar.

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Fame, torpetto-boat destroyer, 300 tone, 6 gans, 5,700 h.p.. Lient-Comde. C. Asser, at Hongkong

Fearless, gunboat, 443 tons. 12 guns, Comde,

Vaughan Lewes, Weihalwai Glory, battleship, 12,950 tons, 16 guns, 13,500 b.p., Captain A. W. Cortor, Hongkong Handy, torpede-boat destroyer, 280 tons, 6 guns,

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Hart, torpedo-boat destroyer, 260 tons, 6 gane

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Humber, atoreship, 1,640 tons, Comdr. John D.

Daintree, Shanghai

Janas, torpedo-bost destroyer, 290 tons, 6 gaus,

3,900 h.p., in reserve Kinsha, civer gunboat, 531 tons, Lisnt.-Comdr.

Christopher P. Metcalf, on Yangtze Leviathan, oraiser, 14,100 tons, Capt. Hon, W.

G. Stopford, Yokokawa Moorhen, river gunboat, 180 tons, 2 guns,

Liont-Comdr, G. G. Webster, West River Ocean, battleship, 12,950 tone, 16 guns, 13,500 3.h... Captain R. F. O. Foos, C.M.G., M. Boy

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pient-Comdr. L.W.Jones, Weat River Sirins, 2nd class cruiser, 3,600 tons, Capt. C. H.

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