Georgie Merton ; Or, Only A Girl. (nelson And Sons.)—if
a girl will go through the adventures which " Georgie" dares, it cannot be wondered at that we reach the melancholy termination that "for the rest of her life she would be a......
Historical And Political Handbook. By George Fisher...
Milverton Godfrey Dauglish, of Lincoln's Inn, Barristers. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a very valuable book of reference, though as regards the elections to the House of Commons,......
The Linen-roont Window. By Caroline Birley. (wells...
tale is founded on the curious incident of a fire being caused in a linen-room by the heat of the sun concentrated in the "bull's-eye," as it is called, of a caarse pane of......
Messrs. Eyre And Spottiswoode Send Us An Assortment Of...
Christmas Cards,—figures, landscapes, calendars, &c., in all kinds of shapes.......
The King And Queen, By Mrs. Jerome Mercier (rivingtons), Is
"a story of the dawn of religion in Britain," in which the accessories of scenery, of the elements of Roman life in Britain, of Druid customs, &c., are carefully studied and......
Trundel, Waiting-gentlewoman To A Certain Very Pnritanic...
begins with entries made about the close of 1684, and is carried on up to the flight of James II. It is well done ; the style is carefully and consistently suited to the time ;......
The Little One's Own Album. Edited By Mrs. Elizabeth Day.
(Dean and Son), contains a great variety of simple stories, verses, &c., and gaily coloured pictures. It contains the collected issue of the Little One's Own Coloured Picture......
Messrs. Marcus Ward And Co. Send Us A Box Of
their Christmas and New Year's Cards for 1886-87, dainty little books of landscape, dainty little books of figures, and elaborate cards showing the antique costumes as well as......
Pictures Of Other Folks At Home ; Or, A Trip
through Asia and Africa. (Dean and Son), is a series of pictures, with appropriate letterpress, of various scenes, such as Algiers, Calcutta, &c.......
The Fakenhant Ghost. By Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated By...
(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—There is plenty of power in the illustrations, which are good examples both of drawing and engraving.......
The Moon Maiden, And Other Stories. By Jessie E. Greenwood.
(Macmillan.)—These stories are ingenious exercises of fancy. From the first we should be inclined to banish one or two disagreeable things; bat, as a whole, they will be found......
Prince Peerless. By The Hon. Margaret Collier. (t. Fisher...
as we have had occasion to remark more than once, are not easy to write, are, indeed, as hard in their way as epics in non-heroic times. The simplicity of the genuine folk-tale......
Golden Links In A Life Chain. By Eva Travers Evered
Poole. (Nisbet and Co.)—A little love-making of the most decorous kind, a little "blue-ribbon" advocacy, and various pictures, sufficiently well drawn, of domestic life, make up......
The House Of The Little Wizard. By Joyce Darrell....
—This is a well-told story of German life, the principal character being one Neati, a little peasant maiden, who is chosen to be the companion of an invalid boy, and who, after......
Mischievous Jack And His Friend. By "c. E. L." (griffith,
Farran.)—" Mischievous Jack" is a jackdaw, given as a present by a lad who enlists to the girl who tells the story. Jackdaws, it is known, have a considerable talent for making......
Little T.'s 'tories For Other Little Ones. By J. Fayle.
(Dean and Son.)—Many children have a great passion for rhyme, and "Little T.," the young person for whom these rhymes were written, is one of them. It must not be supposed that......
Our Pets And Companions. By Mary Kemble Martin....
Society.)—Interesting anecdotes, illustrated by spirited pic- tures (the frontispiece, with its variety of dogs, is noticeably good— the Newfoundland possibly excepted), make up......
Messrs. Cassell And Co. (limited) Send Db Copies Of Letts's
various useful Diaries, of all sizes, from folio to octavo, containing, as well as blank pages for engagements, diaries, &c., a great mass of useful information, and a complete......
The Post Office London Directory For 1887. (kelly And...
eighty-eighth annual issue of this useful and carefully compilea directory. It now deals with an area extending from the western boundaries of Kensington and Chelsea in the......
Peter Parley's Annual. (ben. George.)—the Annual Claims...
is quite venerable, having now reached its forty-sixth year. Its ten stories are of the usual kind, and will doubtless interest the "boys and girls" for whom the volume is......
To-morrow. By Mrs. Stanley Loathes. (j. F. Shaw.)—this Is A
story of a father and a daughter who do not understand each other. After sundry misapprehensions and mistakes, the daughter makes a runaway match, and the father marries again.......
The Head Of The House. By Evelyn Everett Green. (religions
Tract Society.)—An eldest son, who has been long a stranger to the family, comes back to take possession of the inheritance which has been left vacant by the father's sadden......
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