An Old English Home And Its Dependencies. By S. Baring-
Gould. Illustrated by F. Bligh Bond. (Methuen and Co.)— Mr. Baring-Gould's antiquarian gossip about old English homes and their dependencies is very pleasant, and Mr. Bligh......
A Hero King. By Eliza F. Pollard. (s. W. Partridge
and Co.) —This "romance of the days of King Alfred" will be found sufficiently interesting reading. It begins with the familiar story of the book that tempted Alfred to learn.......
Australia Illustrated. Edited By Hon. Andrew Gansu....
the supervision of F. B. Schell. Vol. I. (H. Marshall and Son.)—This is a very handsome volume. The nar- rative and description are well written, and the illustrations plentiful......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. A very dainty little series is that of the Christmas Stories from "Household Words" and " All the Year Round," edited by Charles Dickens (Chapman and Hall). In some......
Novels Of The Week.*
IT is related of the great doctor who passed away last Sunday that his only intellectual recreation when he was in the full flood-tide of his practice was the reading of......
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