The Sunday-school Union Sends Us A Gaily Coloured...
(printed, we see, in Holland, whither not a little work of this kind is being driven by English prices), under the title of The Royal Nail Picture-Book. The frontispiece is "The......
Better Than Toys For Girls And Boys. By T. Pym.
(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—The idea of this book is to give a coloured drawing on one page and the same uncoloured on the other, for young people to fill in. It is an......
One Thousand And One Anecdotes. Arranged And Edited By...
H. Miles. (Hutchinson and Co.) — It might be said that one book of anecdotes differs very little from another. Lot it be moderately fresh and brought up to date, so to speak,......
Stirring Tales Of Colonial Adventure. By Skipp Borlase....
and Co.)—Australia, Hindos tan, even New Guinea, have been pretty well explored in the past by the seekers after exciting adventures for boys. Yet Mr. Skipp Borlase- who, one......
Queen Victoria : Story Of Her Life And Reign. (w.
and R. Chambers.) —Never, we may safely say, has there been a Sovereign for whose life there have been materials so abundant as those which are accessible to the biographer of......
The Land Of Idols. By The Rev. John S. Pool.
(Ward, Lock, and Bowden.)—" Talks with Young People about India" is the sub-title of Mr. Pool's book. Of course, he tells us about many other things besides idols. His first......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Cabinet Portrait Gallery. Reproduced from the original Photo- graphs by W. and D. Downey. (Cassell and Co.)—This is the "Fifth Series" of these very attractive......
Two Good Novels,*
DISAPPOINTMENT is an emotion which it is uncomfortable to feel and irritating to express. Perhaps not one of the novelists whom we regard with gratitude as the donors of many......
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