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Niece Diana. By Marion Ward. (lsbister And Co. 2s. 61)—this

is a slight—we may say a very slight—story, but told with taste. If the bachelor uncle and spinster aunt, the wilful niece and the audacious lover, are somewhat conventional......

The Crimson Fairy Book. Edited By Andrew Lang. (lorgmans And

Co. 6s.)—This is, as usual, a pretty book, and, as usual also, admirably illustrated. Now and then we are inclined to think that the stories chosen are not as good as they were,......

Sunday Readings For The Young (wells Gardner, Darton, And...

Us. and 3s.) is a well-illustrated volume, as the names of the artists mentioned on the title-pag,e would lead us to expect. And the reading, too, is varied and interesting, of......

Bubbles (ward, Lock, And Co., 35. 6d.) Appears In Its

eighteenth annual issue. There is a variety of reading, and a plentiful supply of pictures, coloured, sometimes a little crudely, and plain. We may suggest to the writer who......

The Romance Of Modern Engin-eel Ing. By Archibald...

Arthur Pearson. 5s.)—The engineer certainly seems to be a greater benefactor than the artist, or the poet, or the novelist, and most young people will perhaps agree to this,......

Denslow's Night Before Christmas (w. Heinemann, 5s.) Is,...

as we can make out from the preface and the title-page, a story told long ago by Clement C. Moore, LL.D. (We may remark that " L.L." is not the equivalent of Legum.) At any......

The King's Guards. By H. Power Berrey. (nisbet And Co.

3s. 6d.)—This is a spirited narrative of the services of the Guards, from Charles H.'s time down to the present day. By "Guards" must be understood in the first instance the......

Two Zseellent Selections Of Poetry, Ranking Both Of Them...

among gift-books, may be mentioned together. These are The Boy's Own Reciter, for Home, School, and Platform Use, edited by G. A. Hutchison, and The Girl's Own Reciter, edited......

Ralph Sinclair's Atonement. By Antony Sargent. (s.p.c.k.)...

of incident, if of no very exciting nature, and change of scene in the story of Ralph Sinclair's success in making a fresh start. He allows even his own mother and sister to......

The Ploughshare And The Sword. By Ernest G. Henham. (cassell

and Co. 6s.)—The story of Quebec still exercises its fascination over the historical novelist, and it must be admitted that Mr. Henham has expressed it to some purpose. He has......

The Manor School. By L. T. Meade. (w. And R.

Chambers. 6s.)—This is one of Mrs. Meade's very dramatic and almost tragical stories. Christian Mitford overhears her father and mother, who are about to leave England,......

Bravely Won, Stories By G. Manville Fenn And Others (j.

F. Shaw and Co., 3s.), is a collection of tales which range, in their subject- matter, over a considerable space of time and country. Robin Hood, Napoleon, British soldiers in......