In a series which takes the title of " The
Boy's Own Bookshelf," we have Indoor Games and Recreations : a Popular Encyclopedia for Boys. Edited by G. A. Hutchinson. (Religious Tract Society.)— Mr. Hutchinson has enlisted the services of a number of notable contributors, among whose names we recognise those of the Rev. Harry Jones, Dr. Gordon Stables, and the Rev. F. Langbridge. Experts discuss their own subjects. Mr. Maskelyne, for instance, instructs his young readers in " Mystery and Mummery ;" a "Practical Gymnast" teaches them how to keep three or four balls in the air, and do other feats of the kind. There are hints about chess and draughts, and instructions how to make boats, canoes, telescopes, electrical machines, sun-dials, and we know not how many things besides. No boy ought to be allowed to become
a bore to himself and his relatives, with this book at hand to keep his mind and fingers employed.
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