11 NOVEMBER 1865, Page 20

Beeton's Annual (Warne.)—This is a nicely printed and pleasantly illustrated

volume for young folks. The subjects are well chosen and various, and treated by a staff of able contributors. We have Mrs. Beecher Stowe telling a pleasant story about a strayed humming-bird, Captain Drayson lively on fox-hunting in England and bush sports in Natal, Mr. Davenport Adams historical, and Mr. Grant, late of the Sarawak Government service, full of interesting information about Borneo. The rest of the book is made up of papers of a similar cha- racter, some stories, and two seta of verses, of which the less is said the better; but boys generally skip poetry, and they will certainly find enough to amuse them in the other matter.