19 DECEMBER 1868, page 22

The Children's Prize, Edited By J. Erskine Clarke...

the year's numbers of a deserving little magazine, which we do not remember to have seen before. We have also before us a volume of the Infant's Magazine (Seeley).......

The Diverting Histor G Of John Gilpin Appears Again,...

by H. Fitz-Cook. (Longtnans.)—This is one of the things which we should now miss at Christmas as much as we should miss mince-pie. The illustrations are very much what a......

The Childs Picture-book Of Wild Animals. (routledge.)—the...

not all equally good. The lion, for instance, has not enough of the wild-beast look, is too much like an enormous poodle, without that sinewy appearance about the loins which......

The Basket Of Flowers (warne) Is A Tale Translated From

the Ger- man, somewhat prosy, perhaps, bat with a genuine tone about it that makes it interesting. The traits of social life , those, for instance, that concern the distinctions......

Will Adams, The First Englishman In Japan. By William...

(Cassell and Co.)—We do not know whether this is a new book or an old, for it has no date on the title-page. At all events, we can recommend it as a story which boys and girls......

Aunt Louisa's Gift-book (warne) Gives A Copious Supply Of...

coloured, of course, for the children. It seems to look down upon the plain engravings with which their father and mother were satisfied. Most of them are fairly good, the......