Atalanta. Edited By A. Balfour Symington, M.a. (55a....
Row.)—The serial stories in this volume are Mrs. Oliphant's " Sir Robert's Fortune," of which we shall doubtless have occa- sion to speak elsewhere, Mrs. Molesworth's " White......
The Magic Half-crown. By The Author Of "crib And Fly."
(F. Warne.)—The " half-crown " is a remarkable coin of which the young hero of the story becomes possessed. He is not sure whether he ought to keep it,—inclination says "Yes ; "......
Gift-books.
The Girl's Own Annual. (56 Paternoster Row.)—The editors of the Girl's Own Annual have contrived to get a large list of con- tributors, and to make a more than usually varied......
Current Literature.
The At of Illustration. By Henry Blackburn. (Allen and Co.) —Mr. Blackburn, by means of nearly a hundred illustrations, attempts to explain the necessary qualities of drawings,......
The Boy's Own Annual. (sg Paternoster Row.)—this Annual...
complete without a story from Jules Verne in it. "Claudius Bombarnac" is indeed as good, if not better, than the later tales of the French writer, and touches new ground— such......
Boys Of The Bible. By Lady Magnus. Illustrated By John
Langton and Henry Rylands. (Raphael Tuck and Sons.)—The illustrations are of what we may call the "romantic" as opposed to the realistic style. The figures are well drawn and......
Pictures From Bohemia, Drawn With Pen And Pencil. By James
Baker. (Religious Tract Society.)—We hear much of Bohemia nowadays, of Old Czechs and Young Czechs (Mr. Baker, we observe, spells the word " Cech "), and of its politics......
Certainly Deserves To Prosper, For A Vast Amount Of Trouble
has been taken, it is evident, to provide its clientdle with such reading as they may be supposed to like. There are tales one quality of which we may perceive from the......
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