The Boys of Beechwood, by Mrs. Eiloart (Routledge); Archie Blake,
a Seaside Story, by Mrs. Eiloart (Routledge).—These are two very plea- sant stories for boys, by the author of a novel which we lately had occasion to commend. The boys of Beechwood are the most mischiev- ous urchins under the sun, and we laughed heartily over their adven- tures. But the best of it is that, like the Rugbeian in Tom Brown, they are all for law and order when they hurrah for a revolution.. They are small incarnations of poetic justice, always ducking obnoxi- ous and fraudulent uncles, driving off with carts full of poachers' game and persuading obnoxious magistrates to take a ride amongst the. hampers, catching thieves in traps and smghoring them in flour bags or pumping on them with fire-engines. The second story is much milder in its tone, and must not le read after the first. But it may very well be read before the first, and will seem lively enough so long as it does not suffer by comparison. Archie Blake shows us what can be done by a boy who is left to himself. The other book shows what can be. done by the same boy multiplied threefold, and encouraged by the unvarying success of his pranks and the disapprobation of his victims.