One Hundred Masterpieces. By John La Farge. (hodder And...
25s. net.)—The author has cast his net wide, and has cot limited his choice to any time or school. The result is a very interesting collection of pictures, which are expounded......
The Story Of Wellington. By H. F. B. Wheeler. (harrap
and Co. 38. 6d. net.)—This work has the appearance of a boy's book and is suitable for young readers, but it is not written in the manner of a children's history or school book.......
Scientific Books For Boys.
The Boy's Book of Model Aeroplanes, by F. A. Collins (Eveleigh Nash, 3s. 641. net), comes from America, where the model aero- plane seems to have a great vogue. There are clubs......
Lesop's .febles. I New Translation By V. S. Vernon Jones.
illustrated by Arthur Backham. (W. Heinemann. 65. net.)— The illustrator has here had free scope for his power of fantastic drawing. This is shown in the silhouettes and little......
Shepherd Songs Of Elizabethan England. A. L. J. Gosset-...
and Co. 55. net.)—There is little satisfaction to be got from criticising the selection of any anthology. The verses in this "pastoral garland" are taken from the works of Nash,......
The Louvre. By E. C. Richards. (grant Richards. 2s. Net.)—.
It seems a new idea to think of the Louvre as a palace with a long and great history and not merely as a museum where pricelesa works of art are treasured—and, alas ! not always......
Tales Of The Gods And Heroes. By The Bev. Sir
G. W. Cox. (T. Nelson and Sons. 65. net.)—These are about forty short versions of Greek myths as told by the late Sir George Cox. They are interspersed with sixteen plates in......
The Armsurer And His Craft. By C. Ffoulkes. (methuen And
(Jo. 42s. net.)—The interest of armour is twofold : historic, as an actual record of long-past methods of fighting, and also for the sake of its wonderful craftsmanship. The......
The Boy's Own Book Of Indoor Gaines And Recreations. Edited
by Morley Adams. (R. T. S. 4s. 6d. net.)—Here is a. mine of information at a low price, which would keep a large family of different ages well occupied throughout a dark winter......
The Trinity Foot Beagles. Compiled By Rev. F. C. Kempson.
(E. Arnold. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Kempson has compiled adisenrsive and most cheerful volume. He describes it well as an 'informal record of Cambridge sport and sportsmen during the......
The World's Romances. (t. Nelson And Sons. 2s. 6d. Each.)—
Messrs. Nelson send a series of four volumes, in which are retold at full length and with considerable freedom some of the oldest romances in European legend. Mr. W. E. Sparkes......
Tan Glewood Tales. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. (headley...
glad to presume that the supply of a new edition of these tales implies a demand for them, and pictures will no doubt make them the more attractive to the young. Mr. Soper's......
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