The Treasure Cave of the Blue Mountains. By Oliphant Smeaton.
(Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier.)—There is no lack of the mar- vellous here ; to the familiar properties of the treasure-story, the party of seekers who ought to have it, and the party of seekers who ought not, Mr. Smeaton adds some that are less known. It is not often that explorers have a young lady to guide them. The entrance to the cave is distinctly novel. Altogether we have a good story of hairbreadth escapes, vicissitudes of fortune, and so forth, such as should satisfy the heartiest appetite.
Of annual volumes intended for children we have to mention : —The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor (R.T.S.) and Our Little Dots (same publishers).—The Dawn of Day (S.P.C.K.) is "a monthly illustrated magazine for Sunday.school and Parish Use," and will please older readers as well as the young.—The same may be said of The Cottager and Artisan (R.T.S.) and Light in the 11071144 (same publishers). All of these are well illustrated, but the last carries off the palm. " Ephraim reading his letter," on p. 121, is particularly good.
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