Ye Mariners Of England. By Herbert Hayens. (t. Nelson And
Sons. 6s.)—This "Boys' Book of the Navy" is a very season- able publication. Mr. Hayens begins with King Alfred, to whom we owe the foundation of the Navy, as we owe many other......
The Leisure Hour (r.t.s., 7s. 6d.) Contains As Much Good
read- ing as one is likely to find in a single volume. The mere quantity— eleven hundred pages—is in excess of most competing magazines. The quality admits less easily of......
The Girl's Realm Annual, 1900. (s. /i. Benefield And Co.
8s.)— This is the second yearly issue of this magazine, but the first, we think, that has come under our notice. The most obvious remark to make about it is that the managers......
Shakespeare's Country. By John Leyland. (g. Newnes. 10s....
—Here we have, accompanied by a pleasant, readable letter- press, a full collection of Shakespeare localities. The frontiS• piece gives the bust on the Shakespeare monument,......
The Princess's Story - Book. Collected And Edited, With...
George Laurence Gomme. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—This, happily, is a volume that does not call for any criticism. The stories are taken from masters, more or less eminent, of......
Some School Stories May Be Mentioned Together :—jones The...
by Charles Edwards (Blackie and Son, 2s.), and Every Inch a Briton, by Meredith Fletcher (same publishers, 3s. 6d.)— The first is something of a new departure. It is a comic......
Three Little Great Ladies. By W. Percy Smith. (r.t.s. Le.)
—This story enforces in a very pleasant and natural way the excellent moral that the best opportunities of self-denying work often lie close at home, that we may busy ourselves......
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