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Old England On The Sea. By Gordon Stables, M.d. (j.

F. Shaw and Co; 5s.)—Here we have, told with much spirit, the "Story of Admiral Drake." It is in three books, the first taking us as far as the year 1564, and so including the......

Plantation Pageants. By Joel Chandler Harris. (constable...

author of "Uncle Remus" has not exhausted his vein. As Aunt Minervy Ann tells the little hero of the present volume : "In der gwines on and in der windins up, dem tales tetches......

Current Literature.

GIFT-BOOKS. Wee Folk : Good Folk. By L. Allen Harker. (Duckworth and Co. 3s. 6d.)—The title of this volume is a denial of the cynical maxim that "boys are bad little men," and......

A Book Of Animal Stories.* With A Poet's License, At

which we have no mind to carp, Mr. Andrew Lang says bravely in the dedication of his new volume of animal stories, "But then our tales are true." The italics point the......

°herbert Chase. By C. N. Carvalho. (s.p.c.k.)—this Is One Of

the agreeable stories which help to reconcile one to life. Everything goes as well as possible. The industrious apprentice prospers ; the idle apprentice turns over a new leaf......

The Stranding Of The White Rose.' By C. Dudley Lampers.

(S.P.C.K. 2s.)—Frederic Cornwallis, unable to earn his living at a desk—no wonder, seeing that he could scarcely add up a column of figures—finds a congenial employment in a......