10 OCTOBER 1891, Page 11

We have received from the Religious Tract Society the annual

issues of three periodicals. The Cottager and Artisan, interesting and useful in its way, but scarcely suited for the labourer, whether of town or country, as he is now beginning to show himself. He is a man, and wants strong meat, and if he cannot get a whole- some supply, will consume what is very much to the contrary. More unmixed praise may be given to two children's magazines, The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor, and Our Little Dots : Pretty Pictures for Little Girls and' Boys. But does not a child resent being called a " dot " as soon as he or she (why reverse the usual order ?) can read ?