Log - Leaves And Sailing Orders. Edited By Alfred H....
and Co.)—This is a volume not of fiction but of fact. It contains some twenty sketches of actual experiences of life at sea, of shipwreck and battle, and the ordinary risks......
Sights And Scenes Of Oxford City And University. (cassell...
Co.)—Mr. Saintsbury writes an introduction for this series of photographs. He does not tell us much beyond what we all know, that Oxford has much changed within the last thirty......
The Rock Of The Lion. By M. Elliot Seawell (harper
and Brothers.)—This is one of the best stories of the kind that we have read this year. Archibald Baskerville has served as a mid- shipman with Paul Jones, and has been taken......
Antonia's Promise, By The Author Of " Joseph's Little Coat"
(R.T.S.), is a pretty little story of a sister's devotion. The prodigal, perhaps, gets off too easily ; but so it is with prodigals, and who can venture to complain ?......
A Nest Of Skylarks. By M. E. Winchester. (seeley And
Co.)— Miss Winchester does not keep up, or, we should rather say, does not always keep up, to her best level in this story. There are passages in which she is quite equal to......
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......
The Patriots Of Palestine. By Charlotte M. Yonge....
Depository.)—There is much in this story of the Mac. cabees to interest readers ; but we think that children, for whom especially the book is written, will become confused by......
For Peggy's Sake. By Mrs. Edwin Hohler. (macmillan And...
course, the least experienced of readers will not be long in guessing that " Meg-gy " is really "Peggy." She is obviously of another breed from her supposed cousins. But who is......
Songs Of Action. By A. Conan Doyle. (smith, Elder, And
Co.) — This is verse of a kind that both stirs and touches the heart. We feel sure that few could read without feeling how the blood goes quicker, and how the tears rise to the......
Brave Hearts And True. By M. Douglas. (jarrold And Sons.)—
Miss Douglas tells us in this volume some highly interesting life stories, those of Florence Nightingale, Bishop Hannington, General Gordon, Christopher Columbus (whose......
The Bright Kernel Of Life. By Isabel Stuart Robson. (jerrold
and Sons.)—This is a very well written tale, with omnia vincit amor for its moral. For indeed it is love that is the " kernel of life." (Surely "bright" is not exactly the right......
Lessons In Line For Little Learners. By A. H. S.
(Elliot Stock.) —Here are rhymes about arithmetic, geography, geometry (surely a little too soon), and English history, relieved by rhymes about amusements. Miss Evelyn Beale......
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