Regarding literary notes, our London correspondent writes : —The unwieldy size in which ib has pleased Mr Goo. Newnes to bring oub ' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,' will certainly militate againsb the sale of Mr Conan Doyle's otherwise at tractive volume. A big heavy book like this is a nuisance to hold, and terribly in the way anywhere, save at home and on a reading stand. Nevertheless those who can put up with size and did nob read Mr Doyle's stories as they came oub in bhe 1 Strand' magazine have a treat before them. Where all are so ingenious it is hardly necessary to distinguish,butlmay mention ' The Red-headed League' was founded on facf;. The bases of Mr Doyle's plots are, indeed, seldom absolutely new. Ib is the way he manipulates them Rnd works his ideas oub fchab renders bhem so fascinating. For wrapping up a compara tively ordinary incident, such as an elope ment, ssy, and making ib a mystery, seem ingly impenetrable, he has no equal. ' The Noble Bachelor' is one sample of this talent, and 'The Beryl Coronet' is another1. At the sale of Hurchings' and Homer's, 1 copyrights ' the other day, 'twas shown a good ballad is even when old nob a bad pro perty. Hullah'a • Three Fishera ' fetched £240 ; Virginia Gabriel's 'Cleansing Fires' £330 : and Blumenthal's ' Requital,' £185.
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