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Fighting Fearful Odds. By Robert Leighton. (andrew...

a story as this is all too rare among books professedly written for boys. Jack Rodney is his own enemy, and the false steps he makes are such as any schoolboy with an inability......

Wanderer And King. By 0. V. Caine. (j. Nisbet And

Co. 6s.) —The story of Charles's flight after Worcester will always have a fascination for people of all ages. Mr. Caine has revived it with a skilful use of the known facts of......

Patriotism Under Three Flags.

Patriotism under Three Flags. By Ralph Lane. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—In the introduction to his book, which contains its "philosophy," Mr. Lane tells his readers that "the......

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......

Girls Together. By Louise Mack (mrs. J. P. Creed). (andrew

Melrose. 3s. 6d.)—This is a continuation of the "Story of Girl Life in Australia" which was given in a volume entitled "Teens." Lennie Leighton is now at school. She does not......

The Round Tower: A Tale Of Ninety-eight. By F. M.

S. Scott and A. Hodge. (T. Nelson and Sons. is. 6d.)—The young heroes of the "Round Tower" are meant for a naval career, but the elder Inheriting his uncle's property in......

C Urrent Literat (ire.

THE BEGINNINGS OF POETRY. The Beginnings of Poetry. By F. B: Gummere, Professor d English in Haverford College. (Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6d.)— Professor Gummere has written a......