Spirit Of Many Has Been Stirred At One Time Or
another—by the abomination of St. Giles's Fair at Oxford. Every September the learned Society of St. John lets out standing-room to all kinds of shows, and Oxford becomes for......
Dame Primrose. By " A Primrose Dame." (george Potter.)—...
preface, the authoress tells us that she has "no ambition to imitate the inimitable," meaning, we suppose, "The Vicar of Wakefield." If this be the case, it is not easy to......
The Stepmother's Will. By A. Eubule-evans. (s.p.c.k.)—the...
appear till rather late in the story,—till, indeed, the probable result on the two brothers, one a lazy scamp, the other a hard-working, thrifty man, can be pretty well......
The Trivial Round. By Sarah S. M. Clarke (mrs. Pereira).
(Nisbet and Co.)—These "Chapters of Village Life," drawn simply and faithfully from Nature, are distinctly effective. Ash- leigh is a country village, and we hear of the sins......
The Happiest Half - Hour. By Frederick Langbridge, M.a....
"Sunday Talks with the Children" consist of twenty-four chapters. In each there is a paper in which some subject is dealt with as Mr. Langbridge knows how to deal with subjects,......
Blue Lights ; Or, Hot Work In The Soudan. By
R. M. Ballantyne. (J. Nisbet and Co.)—The nearer he approaches to the realms of actual fact, the less imaginative, and therefore the less charming, does Mr. Ballantyne become.......
In His Name. By Edward E. Hale. (seeley And Co.)—this
"story of the Waldenses seven hundred years ago" is written with no common amount of taste and skill. The plot is made to centre in a single incident. Felicie Waldo, daughter of......
Angela. By Alice Weber. (walter Smith And Innes.)—this Is
a pretty though perhaps somewhat improbable story. It is not likely that any child would be brought up as is Miss Weber's heroine. Again, if this were possible, we do not think......
Little Lady Clare. By Evelyn Everett Green. (blackie And...
is a romantic story which will specially appeal to the romance-loving age, an age that may perhaps be put at between twelve and sixteen. Lady Clare is the only daughter of the......
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