29 DECEMBER 1888, Page 23

CURRENT LITERATURE.

GIFT-BOOKS.

We have to notice the first annual volume of the Children's Illustrated Magazine. (Seeley and Co.)—The illustrations are of the high quality for which the name of the publishers is a guarantee. The coloured drawings are particularly good, in respect of design and harniony. The articles, too, are well suited to the readers for whom they are meant. Altogether, the Children's Illustrated deserves a welcome.