Two Old Favourites, Though Differing Not A Little From Each
other, may be mentioned together,—Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co.), a book otherwise known as " Tanglewood Tales," and......
The Biblical Illustrator. By The Rev. Joseph Exell....
present volume contains "Anecdotes, Similes, Sc.," illus- trative of the books II. Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.—With this may be mentioned Book by Book (Isbister and Co.), a......
The Story Of Africa And Its Explorers. By Robert Brown,
M.A. (Cassell and Co.)—Mr. Brown, whose power of giving a literary form to historical geography has been shown by not a little good work, takes up in this volume (the first of a......
Dante's Inferno. Translated By The Rev. W. Cary....
Gustave Dore. (Cassell and Co.)—This is a reproduction on a small scale (a good-sized octavo) of the folio published some years ago by Messrs. Cassell. The Life, Translation,......
How The British Won India. By W. Pimblett. (j. S.
Virtue and Co.)—After a preliminary chapter on "India of Old" (not free from blemishes, as, e.g., "Seleuchus"), Mr. Pimblett proceeds to "The Coming of the English," and the......
Iltid's Friend. By Constance Canning. (religious Tract...
of the spoiled darlings who are better to read about than to know. The tale of his friendship with the unhappy 'Nezer, who, by the way, certainly looks twice his proper age as......
No Humdrum Life For Me. By Mrs. S. Kent Spender.
(Hutchin- son.)—This is the story of an ambitious young woman who starts in life with the purpose announced in the words which give a title to the volume. It is told in......
Messrs. Marcus Ward And Co. Send Us Copies Of Their
pretty Pocket - books, and Diaries for the mantelpiece or the table. They also send very pretty Illustrated Calendars, with quotations from either the Bible or Shakespeare, or a......
Cassell's Saturday Journal, October, 1891—september, 1892.
(Cassell and Co.)—Twelve hundred and forty-six closely-printed. and three columned pages make up this volume, which certainly gives a quite surprising equivalent for its......
Specimens Of The Modern Fairy-tale. Perhaps We Might Say...
they are more didactic than the genuine article. But the fancy is graceful, there is just a touch of humour in them, and alto- gether the effect is satisfactory. No little help......
Old Mother Hubbard's Fairy - Tale Book. (david Bryce And...
miniature volume, so small that it will go, one might say, anywhere, contains eight stories, old friends such as " Jack and the Beanstalk," " Cinderella," and " Little......
The Hill Of Angels. By Lily Watson. (religious Tract...
—Miss Evelyn Hope publishes a volume of poems which finds seven purchasers and one critic, and this volume records her experiences. She hears words of wisdom from an authoress......
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