The Red Terror. By Edward King. (cassell And Co.)—in The
Red Terror two boys, with their grandfather, an American " General," go to Paris to hunt for the father of the boys, but they do not find the prodigal till they have gone......
The Spanish Maiden. By Mrs. E. E. Hornibrook. (s. W.
Partridge and Co.)—The heroine of Mrs. Hornibrook's story is rescued from the Foundling Hospital of Seville by a kindly English lady, who adopts her. The scene changes from......
The Romance Of A Picture, And Other Stories. By Trude
Marsh. (Bemrose and Sons.)—This is a collection of pleasant stories, which, if not quite written with a "religious purpose," have a sort of cathedral-close air about them. " The......
From The Favourites Of Earlier Generations,—jane Austen,...
Le Sage, and others. The selection seemsto be a good one, and it is set off with some fairly effective illustra- tions. Open the volume where we will, we are pretty sure to......
Captain Antifer. By Jules Verne. (sampson Low, Marston,...
more, but probably not for the last time, we have the ever-fascinating subject of a treasure, hidden, and sought for by rival claimants, made the subject of a story. " Monte......
His First Kangaroo. By Arthur Ferris. (blackie And Son.)—...
is a bright and interesting account of a visit which two boys pay to a station not far from Sydney, and the fun they had riding after cattle and kangaroos and emus, and being in......
The Boy Skipper. By W. C. Metcalfe. (jerrold And Sons.)—
Some of our readers have not perhaps forgotten the young sailor Shotton, who navigated the four-masted ship, the Trafalgar,' when she was stricken by Java fever at Batavia, all......
Two Little Pilgrims' Progress. By Frances Hodgson...
and Co.)—Robin and Meg are twin children, orphans, who have come into the hands, rather than into the charge, of an aunt who thinks her duty fulfilled if they have from her......
Alexandria, Carthage, And Antioch, And About The Time Of The
First Council of NiCa3a. It relates the vicissitudes of a certain Placid* who is carried away during a riot at Alexandria, con- sequent on the Arian disturbances, and travels to......
The New House - Master. By Charles Edwardes. (sampson Low...
we have undoubtedly a new and humorous development in the way of books for boys. It is a combination of crime, detection, and school life. Three thieves sitting in the......
Leaves From A Middy's Log. By A. Lee Knight. (t.
Nelson and Sons.)—A decidedly fresh and stirring story is the relation of Jack Darcy's adventures in Cuba after being kidnapped by pirates. There is plenty of incident and......
A Fallen Star : A Tale Of The Seven Years'
War. By Charles Lowe. (Downey and Co.)—Mr. Lowe's story is mainly concerned with the Scottish adventurers at the Court of Frederick the Great. We hear a great deal of these......
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