17 DECEMBER 1898, Page 24

Brave Hearts and True. By M. Douglas. (Jarrold and Sons.)—

Miss Douglas tells us in this volume some highly interesting life stories, those of Florence Nightingale, Bishop Hannington, General Gordon, Christopher Columbus (whose character had, by the way, a seamy side), the Duke of Wellington, and William Wilberforce.—In Stories of Bible Nations (S. S.U.) Miss Edith Ralph takes us back to the early Empires, Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, utilising the information which Egyptologists and Assyriologists have made common property.