12 DECEMBER 1891, page 25

Current Literature.

GIFT-BOOKS. Heroes of Our Day : Recent Winners of the Victoria Cross. By Walter Richard. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—We are glad that the brave deeds distinguished by the honour of......

The Annual Volume Of Cassell's Family Magazine Contains,...

literature of all sorts, suitable for young folks, and espe- cially middle-class folks, of both sexes. Of the serial stories,. "The Temptation of Dulce Carruthers" deserves a......

Our Bessie. By Rosa Nouchette Carey. (religious Tract...

is a lenient moralist. We were afraid that the somewhat selfish and flippant Edna would be severely punished. But she gets a better fate than she deserves ; while the amiable......

Father Stafford.*

Father Stafford illustrates very fairly and readably two pre- vailing tendencies of modern English fiction. It deals with, or seems to deal with, some deep problems of life and......

A Baby's Biography. By A. 0. Kaplan. With Pictures By

France's Brundage. (Dean and Son.)—Here is an opportunity for some proud parent just rejoicing over a first-born. The " bio- graphy " is suited for any baby. The first page......