My Musical Recollections. By Wilhelm Kuhe. (bentley And...
was born more than seventy years ago. lie remembers many curious things that he has seen or heard him- self ; he has recorded not a few remarkable reminiscences of others. Here......
Taking French Leave. By L. E. Tiddeman. (national...
story of Will and Madge's playing truant contains, as it should, a most excellent moral, which will not be lost on youthful readers. It is a pretty story, and the manner in......
The Emperor's Englishman. By Fred Whishaw. (hutchinson...
who takes service with the Tsarevitch Paul at Gatchina, and does his best to defend his master against the plots of Catherine's Court, is sure to attract boys. Of course, the......
Memoir Of Dr. Hawtrey. By Francis St. John Thackeray. (bell
and Sons.)—Dr. Hawtrey was head-master of Eton for close upon twenty years, and was a reformer,—one might almost say, for those days, an energetic reformer. There was need for......
Baffling The Blockade. By J. Macdonald Oxley. (nelson And...
is the best story of adventure that the author has yet produced. It is pure adventure, and we have no sketches or portraits of either Northern or Southern people, if we except......
On The World's Roof. By J. Macdonald Oxley. (j. Nisbet
and Co.)—A Thibetan story of adventure is somewhat of a novelty, and our author is certain to have readers among the juveniles. It is, however, a little disappointing, and Mr.......
Bessie Kitson. By G. Norway. (national Society.)—a Very...
this, but not such as to give useless distress to a sensitive reader. It tells how a child was rescued from the degradation to which her father's weakness seemed to have doomed......
The White Dove Of Antriteir. By Eliza F. Pollard. (partridge
and Co.)—Tales of the Mutiny must always have a peculiar fascination for most readers, and a writer, by introducing one or other of the famous men who carved out such undying......
Current Literature.
The Portuguese in South Africa. By G. M. Theal, LL.D. (T Fisher Unwin )---" A very few years ago," says Dr. Theal, " when I prepared my large History, the expression South......
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