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NEw Enrrrons.—Among new editions suitable for boys' gift-books are Stevenson's

Treasure Island and The Black Arrow (Cassell and Co., 3s. 6d. each). They are illustrated in colour and bound in a garish manner that may attract boys as effectually as it prevents their being " an ornament to any gentleman's library."—A reissue of Henty's story of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, Through Russian Snows (Blackio and Son. 3s. 6d ), is timely —Sir Robert Baden-Powell has added a chapter on " Acting the Part " to his book, My Adventures as a Spy (C. A. Pearson, 3s. 6d. net), which appears in a new " presen- tation " edition, illustrated by his own clover pen.—Messrs. Constable reissue Mr. Walter de In Mare's ingenious and pretty rhymes, A Child's Day (2s. net), cleverly illustrated by pheto- graphic) means.