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Captain Cook's Voyages Round The World. With An...

by M. B. Synge. (Nelson and Sons.)—The three voyages of Cook occupied altogether about eleven years (1168-1779), of which time a little more than two years were spent at home.......

The Duke's Ward. By Dora M. Jones. (oliphant, Anderson, And

Ferrier.)—This is a story of the troubles which culminated in the rising of Wat Tyler. Archbishop Simon of Sudbury is a prominent character, and his personality is drawn with no......

Little Miss Curlylocks. By Audrey Curtis. (national...

who "mothers" the family of her father, the quarryman. and Digby Thomasina Montmorency, granddaughter of a. Mrs. Montmorency at the Hall, are the heroines of this story, which......

Stuff And Nonsense, And The Bull-calf, And Other Tales. By

A. B. Frost. (John C. Nimmo.)—These are two books of comic draw- ings. They would be better if they were not so laboriously funny. *r. Frost is quite capable of giving a......

Gutter-snipes. By Phil May. (leadenhall Press.)—here We...

original sketches of the boys and girls of the London streets. Mr. Phil May's artistic characteristics are well known, and it is not necessary to say more than that they are to......

Draws Some Capital Characters. We Confess We Do Not...

Margaret Keith, but George Keith is a fine character, and his stern moral sense, his deep feelings, and his temporary blindness to the awakening of his wife's love, are all......

Minstrel Dick. By Christabel R. Coleridge. (gardner,...

Coleridge has, with a wise moderation, limited the range of her subject. Her story belongs to the dark days when the glories of Edward M.'s reign were passing into gloom. The......