Rinaultrie. By Mrs. Milne Rae. (nelson And Sons.)—the...
the story is one which has been used before, one would say, not a few times only. In fact, it is the old " claimant " affair over again. But the claimant in this case is little......
My First Curacy. By Ingellea Polkinghorne. (christian...
wealth Publishing Company.)—The author's hero seems to have had a good opinion of himself, for within a week of his ordination, he tells a correspondent, not without some......
Fairy Phcebe. By L. Taylor. (i. F. Shaw.)—in This Story
there is a strong element of sadness, as, indeed, in such a subject there could scarcely fail to be. The moral is that there is much sorrow and trouble beneath the glare and......
We Have Received The Annual Volumes Of Cassell's Saturday...
and Cassell's Family Magazine. (Cassell and (lo.)—The former con- tains plenty of fiction—Mr. G. M. Fenn's "Affair Next Door" among it—and, we might say, plenty of everything.......
The Black Witch Of Hone Ycritch. By Phcebe Allan. (s.p.c.k.)
—The so-called "Black Witch" is a really admirable woman, whose reputation suffers from her living in a disreputable hamlet, and from being married to a man who is anything but......
Some Of The Principal Christmas Books.—iv.* It Was A Happy
thought to bring out a " Jubilee Edition" of The Pickwick Papers, the first number of which appeared fifty years ago. And in some respects the thought has been well carried out.......
The Young Standard-bearer (wells Gardner, Darton, And...
collected issue of a magazine intended for the young, and pub- lished by the "Church of England Temperance Society."......
"oran." By " E. A. B. D." (nisbet.)—this Is A Simple
story of the poor, having a special reference to the evils of drink. It is well told. Bat we cannot think that the illustrations are an ornament. In that one which faces p. 167,......
Summer, Spring, Autumn And Winter : Songs And Sketches,...
and Arranged by E. Nesbitt and Robert Ellice Mack (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.), contains a variety of extracts from the poets and some original verse, illustrated with drawings......
Climbing Higher. By Jessie F. Armstrong. (j. F. Shaw.) —the
story of a lost heir, not, perhaps, more improbable, but scarcely less so than such stories commonly are. But little Lille, the unhappy victim of the travelling showman, is,......
"honour Is My Guide." By Jeanie Herring (hrs. Adams Acton).
(Cassell and Co.)—This is not the happiest specimen that we have seen of these " motto " stories. The story illustrates more or leas forcibly a number of excellent maxims, but......
Two Very Pleasing Little Stories Of Child-life May Be...
together, The Hawthorns, by Amy Walton (Blackie and Son), and Not So Very Long Ago, by the Author of "At all Times," Ao. (J. F. Shaw.)—In the first, we have a country parsonage......
Young Ishmael Conway. By "e. A. B. D." (j. F.
Shaw.)— Ishmael, so named in a grim joke by his father, is a powerful sketch of character, uncommon, indeed, but not, we should say, impossible. He is fierce, intractable, even......
In Letters Of Flame : A Tale Of The Waldenses.
By C. L. Mattiaux. (Cassell and Co.)—A. lively style and plenty of incident, taken together with a subject which is sure to excite sympathy among readers in this country,......
Longfellow's Pathetic Little Poem, The Wreck Of The...
in an illustrated edition. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—The pictures are good, and the engraving displays some of the marvellous effects which American artists were the first to......
Messrs. Chapman And Hall Send Us A Very Pretty Edition
of Dickens's Christmas Tales, in five volumes, in a box, with the old illustrations. It makes an exceedingly pretty Christmas gift.......
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