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Of other books for children we may mention A Year

at Coventry, by Annie S. Swan ; and Fritz's Experiment, by Letitia McClintock (Blackie and Son) ; The Christmas Roses, 1883 (James Clarke and Co.), with its particularly spirited illustrations ; The Fairies, written by Thomas Allingham, illustrated by C. Gertrude Thompson (Thomas de La Rue and Co.) ; and, from the same publishers, Clever Hands, by the Brothers Grimm ; The Baby's Debut, by S. Smith, illustrated by G. C. Romton, G. Casella, and N. Casella ; and The Fairy Horn, by S. Theyre Smith ; Holly Berries, by Ida Waugh (Griffith and Ferran).