Miscsissarrsons.—of The Periodicals Of The Religious...
to mention, as suited for elder readers, Friendly Greetings, Illustrated Readings for the People ; Light in the Home has papers also suited for the young ; while The Child's......
Goops And How To Be Them. By Gelett Burgess. (methuen
and Co. 6s.)—A " goop," it seems, is an embodiment of all that a child should not be. The pen and pencil of the author of this volume are therefore employed to teach politeness......
The Mandarin's Kite. By G. E. Farrow. (skeffington And Son.
Ss. 6c1.)—Cyril Deane and his young Chinese friend Tsu-foo, son of a Mandarin who lived next door, went up by accident on a gigantic kite, and reaching the Zodiac, saw many......
Colina's Island. By Ethel F. Heddle. (oliphant, Anderson,...
Edinburgh. 2s. Cd.)—Colin McVean is the oppressive and miserly owner of a Highland estate. He leaves this away from the expectant nephew, giving it to "Colina." But the dis-......
C Urrent Liter At Ure.
IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH BULLER. In South Africa with Buller. By G. C. Musgrave. (Gay and Bird. 7s. CxI.)—Mr. Musgrave adopts an unadorned style in relating the Natal Campaign,......
Geoff Blake: His Chums And His Foes. By S. S.
Pugh. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—This is an unusually successful school-story. For the most part these tales have something unreal about them. Here we have what seems to us a really good......
About Peggy Savile. By Jessie Mansergh. (r.t.s. 2s. 6d.)—...
Mansergh has made a success of the central character of her story, the "Peggy Savile " about whom she tells us. She is a clever, somewhat strange young person, and it is good to......
A Child's London. By Hamish Hendry. (sands And Co. 3s.
Gd.) —A child is supposed to come to London and to describe what he sees. He visits the lions in Trafalgar Square, the "Zoo "(where he expresses a preference for the elephant......
The Lord's Purse-bearers. By Hesba Stretton. (r.t.s. Is....
Hesba Stretton has a strong conviction that it is a serious offence to give to a beggar, and she enforces it on her readers in this story. A very painful story it is, not indeed......
Like A Rosen Fiddler. By Mary E. Shipley. (s.p.c.k. 2s.)
—A writer who tells "a tale of the Pilgrimage of Grace" ven- tures into deep waters, too deep, we cannot but think, for safety. There are periods of history which are best......
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