20 NOVEMBER 1897, page 9

Cassell's Saturday Journal. (cassell And Co.)—we Have, As...

abundant feast of good things in the Saturday Journal. The serious and the humorous, fact and fiction, common things and things uncommorv—we see a special invitation to readers......

The Century Magazine, May - October. (macmillan And Co.)...

are inclined to think, more interesting than ever, all the more so because it does not stand aloof from the questions of the day. The editorials on State and municipal politics......

The Silver Link (s.s.u.) Is An "illustrated Monthly...

Home and School." There is a school-story, which certainly does not want for excitement (do head-masters address their boys as " Gentlemen" ?), and another serial tale, " A......

Chums. (cassell And Co.)—we Have Nothing New To Say About

this " illustrated paper for boys," for it is certainly not new when we express a certain surprise to see how the average of interest is kept up. It is quite impossible to do......

Wee Doggie. By Elizabeth C. Traice. (nelson And Sons.)—...

' is an idealised animal, but idealised in a legitimate way. He is credited with more cleverness and ingenuitios than any one dog ever had ; but none of his accomplishments are......

The Story Of Edison. By Frank Mundell. (jarrold And Sons.)

—Thirty-five years ago Thomas Edison sold newspapers, fruit, &c., on the Grand Trunk Railway between Detroit and Port Huron. It will make the mouths of English lads who follow......

The Magazine Of Art, May. October. (cassell And Co ) — It

is certainly an improvement to have half-yearly instead of annual volumes. The principal illustrations, nine in number, are, with one exception, photographic reproductions. It......

Chirrupee. By E. Boyd Basted. (hodder And Stoughton.)—

This is a pretty little story of bells and bell-ringing. The ringer's passion is as much a matter of heredity as anything else. "Gaffer," though far on in the eighties, makes......

Love Affairs Of Some Famous Men.*

SURELY Mr. Hardy claims a little too much for his work when he says : " Our brother, the ox, and our sister, the cow, are good enough to consume cartloads of grass and hay and......