19 NOVEMBER 1887, Page 49

Schoolboy Stories. By Asoott R. Hope. (W. P. Hiram°, Hay,

and Mitchell.)—A collection of school-tales, all of which are well told and furnished with an excellent moral. The first is perhaps the beat; it seem, indeed, to be familiar to us. "A Bad Night's Work" and "The Great Unknown" are amusing, and should serve not only to interest boys, but also to give them some much.needed hints. The last story is somewhat absurd, and if the original existed, as we are assured, he certainly deserved to be " taken off " for such extra- ordinary simplicity. Mr. Hope's stories are always pleasantly and brightly told, and contain, as short tales abould, much that is amusing with much that is useful and to the point for boys. They make cheerful and refreshing reading also for older folks.