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The Froggy Fairy Book. By A. J. Drexel-biddle. (drexel...

and Bradley, Philadelphia.)—This little fairy-story gives an apt illustration of the difference between the American and the English child. The book may be compared to the......

Shakespeare And The Naturalists.* If One Lays Down Mr....

book without much increased re- spect for Shakespeare's genius, as shown by his rejection of the greater number of the legends and stories there cited, it is not because the......

The Complete Cyclist, Vol. V., "isthmian Library" (a. D....

and Co.) ; and Lady Cycling, by Miss T. J. Erskine (Walter Scott and Co.)—These two volumes form very practical additions to the rapidly growing literature of cycling. Miss......

Sketches Atoheel In Fin De Siecle Iberia. By Mr. And

Mrs, Workman. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Whether Mr. and Mrs. Work- man have proved that for good riders a bicycle tour is the pleasantest way in which to see Spain must remain a little......

Current Literature.

In the Land of Tolstoi. By Jonas Stadling and Will Reason. (James Clarke and Co.)—This is an account (translated from the original Swedish by Will Reason) of the Russian famine......