4 DECEMBER 1886, Page 23

The volumes which compose "Oar Juniors' Library" (Dean and Son)

are generally satisfactory, both in point of writing and illustra- tion. A Soldier's Son, written by Miss E. Strickland, revised by Philip H. Hemyng, is a story of school life, laid early in the last century, for Lord Peterborough appears at the close of it, but quite modern in tone.—The Midshipman, by Philip 11. Hemyng, belongs to the time of the French wars, and teaches effectively the lesson of "Don't hit a man when he is down," by the adventures of a young English officer and a French prisoner. But Harry ought to have been ashamed of his conduct, even though the unlucky French youth had been, not a Royalist, but a Repablican.—The Prince and the Goblin, and The Enchanted Princess, by Dorothea S. Sinclair, have, we think, appeared before. Some of the illustrations in the latter are by Richard Doyle, and Mr. Arthur Hitchcock and Mr. W. Watson show themselves quite worthy collaborateurs. And in the two first- mentioned, the drawings are more spirited than are most of the illus- trations on which so much money is, we cannot help saying, wasted at this time of the year.