10 DECEMBER 1887, page 7

The Art Journal. S. Virtue And Co.)—this, The Oldest Of

the artistic publications of Great Britain (the volume before us is the fiftieth), continues to hold an honourable place. No one will say that in point of merit awl interest,......

" Clear And Cool, Clear And Cool.

By laughing shallow and dreaming pool," has been illustrated here by fifteen drawings. Of these, Mr. J. D. Woodward contributes five, Mr. W. L. Taylor three, Mr. H. Winthrop......

Messrs. Cassell And Co. Publish A Series Of Character...

from Thaekeray. From Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard. These are six in number, and are "Colonel Newcome," "Major Pendennis," "Becky Sharp," "The Little Sister," "Major......

Play And Earnest. By Mrs. O'reilly. (rontledge And...

is a pretty little story of a brother and sister who are always seeking adventures, and find, according to the old proverb, that "adventures are to the adventurous." They are......

Westminster Cloisters. By M. Bidder. (wells Gardner,...

author lays the scene of her story at Westminster towards the end of the twelfth century, when Richard I. was lying in an Austrian prison, and England was meditating the......

Buleie's Little .brother. By Evelyn Everett-green....

to write a story that will attract children, and those who live amidst children, because it shows intelligent sympathy with their mode of thought, their frank avowals, and their......

The Century Magazine Is So Well Known, That It Cannot

be necessary to do much more than record the appearance of the two volumes which contain its icons for the year (November, 1886—October, 1887). They are published by Mr. T.......

Pau/ And Christina. By Amelia E. Barr. (james Clarke And

Co.) —This powerful story is, if our memory serves, constructed on much the same lines as one from the same pen which was praised in the Spectator some time ago,—" Jan Vedder'e......