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Little Sir Nicholas. By C. A. Jones. (f. Warne And

Co.)—This is a romantic story, and one which will hardly fail to ple,ase young readers. It is well known in fiction-land that children who may be wanted again have a marvellous......

Heir And No Heir. By The Hon. Albert S. G.

Canning. (Eden, Remington, and Co.)—When we consider Mr. Canning-'s social position, and the fact that he has had the literary experience in- volved in the writing of some......

Greek Pictures, Drawn With Pen And Pencil. By J. P.

Mahaffy. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is, as may be supposed, not the least interesting of a series of which we have spoken more than once with well-deserved praise, the "Pen......

Shreds And Patches. By E. N. Leigh Fry. (walter Smith

and Innes.)—This volume contains eight "passages," written, the author tells us, for a manuscript magazine. They have been joined together by a little thread of story, and are,......

London Street - Arabs. By Mrs. H. M. Stanley (dorothy...

and Co.)—Mrs. Stanley begins by giving us some seven or eight pages of introduction: In these she tells us how she came to take up this subject of her pencil, how she set about......

The New Universal Letter - Writer. By J. Mclaughlin....

us a variety of models in English and French, some of them doubtless worthy of imitation, and likely to be useful, but some not likely to assist the person who uses them. To......

An Old Chronicle Of Leighton. By Sarah Selina Hamer....

Anderson, and Ferrier.)—This "old chronicle" does not take us further back than the days of the Luddite riots. That will not be a matter of regret to its readers, for it is a......

The New Faith : A Romantic History Of It. By

Charles C. T. James. 3 vols. (Ward and Downey.)—This can hardly be called an uninteresting novel, though it is also by no means wanting in crudities, and even in absurdities.......

Leah Of Jerusalem. By Edward Payson Berry. (hodder And...

Story of the Time of Paul" is a very am- bitious attempt. The writer has prepared himself for it by a careful study of the New Testament, and by diligent reading of cognate......