21 NOVEMBER 1891, page 8

A New Fairy-tale.*

Da. ATKINSON has taken an ingeniously novel departure in a kind of literature wherein novelty has long been held to be well-nigh impossible. Fairy-tales are written every year,......

Strands Of History.* These Are Days Of Microscopic Study,...

we may lose sight of the broader view of a subject ; but we certainly gain much in interest, and acquire a deeper insight into the first cause of many problems, both past and......

The Squirrel Inn.* This Is A Happily Characteristic...

Mr. Frank Stockton's humorous writing. He has not written anything so genuinely entertaining since the inimitable Rudder Grange. There is nothing constrained about the fun ; if......