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The Jolly Book. (T. Nelson and Sons. 2s. 6d.)—This is

a com- paratively new addition to the annuals for children, but we are sure that it will be very welcome. It really deserves its title. The coloured illustrations are particularly to be commended.— Cassell's Annual for Boys and Girls, (Cassell and Co. 8s. 6d.)—In addition to looking at two hundred colour pictures and their accompanying letterpress, the possessor of this annual will be enabled to enter for a competition. Surely this is an alluring prospect for any small people.—Louis Wain's Annual, 1911-12. —The frontispiece portrait of a chinchilla cat looks as if it were &good likeness of the originaL The rest of the pictures are in Mr. Wain's well-known style. The stories by various writers will rio doubt please the young people for whom they are intended.