Lord Stafford Aucliey. By Heath° Grey. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is
the story of a spiritual struggle in a young Simon the Simple was laughed to scorn, heart,—rather more sad than we should altogether like to try a Speeding away through !lel& of corn young reader with, but carrying an excellent lesson. Why does Went Puss in Boots with his ornfty plan ; the author correctly describe her hero as Lord Audley, with occa- Rod Riding Rood; where's the hero vast, sional lapses into Lord Stafford Audley, in her narrative, but Great Jack, and the Giant Cormoran ?
designate him, in the title of her tale, as " Lord Stafford Audley " ? Where grows the tangle of rose and thorn He was the eldest son of an earl, and must therefore have been That held Beauty sleeping a oentuu's span ? Lord Audley, without the Stafford. This is but a trifle ; but it is Whore sweet Cinderella who danced till morn, as well to be exact.—The King's Sword. By Helen H. Watson. And Fatima calling to Sister Anne
(Same publishers.)—Here is another story of a boy. This time And Hop o my Thumb with all his elan ?
the hero wanders away from his home at a very early age, and is But where are tho toys of Christmas last ?
not recognised till he is on the threshold of manhood. The story Baby I who nursery chronicles scan, of the lad making his way, in spite of all difficulties, is well told. Your nursery slays will soon be past,
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