Books in Brief.

This article presents various books. "The Letters of Alciphron," by F.A. Wright, presents some of the more robust and human examples of classical and medieval literature. "Undertow," by Henry K. Marks, is a case history of a family of remarkable dulness and uninteresting degeneracy. It claim to consideration as literature can scarcely be allowed, although the sordidness is slapped on with such generosity that it cannot avoid an occasional touch of effectiveness. "The Viking Heart," by Laura Goodman Salverson, is a solid and straightforward recital of life among Icelandic emigrants in Canada.