21 NOVEMBER 1891, page 9

The Cup Of Loving Service. By Eliza Dean Taylor. (s.

Bagster and Sons.)—This is a well-intended little story, and told in good language. But why is it so doleful ? Of what material are children's hearts supposed to be, that they......

The Little Princes In The Tower. " England's Royal Series."

By C. Lysah. Illustrated by M. Smargiassi Santantico. (Trischler and Co.)—The artist who illustrates this book takes special pains to attain historical exactness. This doubtless......

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GIFT-BOOKS. Atalanta. Edited by L. T. Meade. (Trischler and Co.)—The last volume of this magazine is not inferior in point of literary or of artistic merit to any of its......

The Picturesque Mediterranean.* This Second Volume Of The...

is a worthy successor of that which we noticed about this time last year. Its contents are not, indeed, so varied. Of its fourteen chapters, ten are given to Italy, if under......

Wild Meg And Wee Dickie. By Mary E. Ropes. (blackie

and Son.)—It must be allowed that the characters and incidents in this story are somewhat idealised. The moral changes effected in the very unpromising dramatis persons are......

Barerock ; Or, The Island Of Pearls. By Henry Nash.

(E. Arnold.)—This is a story of the " Robinson Crusoe" kind. Two boys are shipwrecked, and thrown on a rocky islet somewhere in the South Atlantic. Here they make themselves......