Paul Heriot's Pictures, By Alison Mclean. (f. Warne And...
we have seven stories, connected with as many pic- tures, which came, after the death of the painter, into the posses- sion of one who saw something of him during the last......
Stories For Ten - Years - Old. By Frances Wike Saunders....
Sonnenschein and Co.)—Mrs. Saunders must have had experience of a different kind of ten-years-old from any that have come in our way, or she must have a different idea of the......
A Young Stowaway. By Mrs. George Corbett. (james Nisbet And
Co.)—This story, as its name indicates, tells of running away to sea, and subsequent adventures on land as well as on water. William Blake and Ben Harrison leave their homes in......
Pinks And Cherries. By C. M. Ross. (james Maclehose And
Sons.)—It is only on account of their delightful simplicity that we include this collection of Norwegian tales in Christmas litera- ture. There is not a little tragedy in......
Fifty-two Stories Of Life And Adventure For Boys....
of Life and Adventure for Girls. By Alfred H. Miles. (Hutchinson and Co.)—Mr A. H. Miles is putting together a quite considerable number of volumes in what he now calls his"......
So Effective, The Story Of A Child Who Is Very
unhappy at schooL She is of the temper of the cat that does not purr when it is stroked, the dog that does not cry out when it is beaten. Gertrude Le 3farchant is an excellent......
For Life And Liberty. By Gordon Stables. (blackie And Son.)
—We are sorry to say that our hero, fired by the glowing descrip- tions of some cousins who are fighting on the Confederate side, runs away on a blockade-runner, and undergoes......
Hunt!rs Three. By T. W. Knox. (arnold.)—this Is A Very
circumstantial and vivid account of the life and adventures of a hunting expedition in South Africa. So far, it is like other narra- tives of hunting trips ; but it is the......
Eric, Prince Of Lorlonia. By The Countess Of Jersey....
—This is an exquisitely pretty and exquisitely illustrated story, written in a fine old-fashioned style, of which the following pas- sage may be taken as a specimen :—" Nearly......
Katherine's Keys By Sarah Doudney. (nisbet And Co.)—...
sets her heart on a young man whom she believes to be attached to her. She finds that this attachment is a fancy, for he announces to her, without any kind of misgiving, the......
Old Hungarian Fairy - Tales. Adapted And Illustrated By...
Orezy and Montagu Barstow. (Dean and Son.)—Students of folk-lore will be interested to see in these versions variants of well-known stories, all the more curious on account of......
A Knight Of The White Cross. By G. A. Runty.
(Blackie and Son.)—It has been a great pleasure to read this stirring story of the Knights Hospitallers, and their warfare with the Turks,— a story which fittingly concludes......
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