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Cassell's Magazine. (cassell And Co. 8s.)—the Distinction...

is that it contains Mr. Rudyard Kipling's " Rim." That alone would go far towards making up its value, though one would not for choice read a novel in this form. And there are......

The Quiver, 1901. (cassell And Co. 78. 6d.)—the Quiver...

and more than maintains, its reputation for an abundant supply of good reading and good illustrations. Fiction is not in excess, the five serial stories being equivalent to two......

To Herat And Cabul. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And

Son. 5s.) —Mr. Henty takes us back to the first Afghan War, and the story begins in the year 1837. The hero, Angus Campbell, starts from Teheran on a mission to Herat, where he......

Carbineer And Scout. By E. H. Burrage. (blackie And Son.

2s. Gd.)—This is a story of the Boer War, and deserves commen- dation for the moderate tone in which Mr. Burrage speaks of the foe. There are no very exciting incidents, nor is......

At The Point Of The Bayonet. By G. A. Henty.

(Blackie and Son. 6s.)—The date of this story is a hundred years ago, and the scene India ; Mr. Henty is nowhere unless he can range over the last century of Imperial history.......

Good Words. Edited By The Very Rev. Donald Macleod, D.d.

(Isbiater and Co. 7s. Gd.) — The Sunday Magazine. (Same pub- lishers. 7s. Gd.)—These two companion volumes will receive, we are sure, their customary welcome. They hold, and......

With Roberts To Pretoria. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And

See 5s )—Mr. Henty's hero is the son of a parson ; it is always com- forting to know that, for he is made of the very best material. A bank smashes, and Yorke Harberton goes to......

Acton's Fe 2. By Frederick Swainson. (g. Newnes. 6 1 )

—At last some one has written for us a stirring school-story on the old heroic lines, with real boys in it, boys in whom we recoe- else the making of men. Acton is one of the......

Kitty. By Adele. Frances Mount. (s.p.c.k. 2s.)—kitty Is A...

of the slums, whose mother dies after a terrible struggle against increasing poverty and the vicious tendencies of a weak husband. Curtis joins a travelling caravan after his......