Stirring Days In Old Virginia. By Escott Lynn. (chambers....
net.) A tale of the early colonization of America with enough bloodshed and adventure to fill ten books. It is simply written except for the conversations. These are mainly in......
The Triumph Of The Tramp Ship. By Archibald Hurd. (cassell.
7s. 6d.) The history of the cargo-carrying vessels from the Phoenician period up till now as given in this short book is exceedingly interesting, although the author's English......
The Big Row At Ranger's. By Kent Carr. (cham- Bers.
5s. net.)—HOW TOM MADE GOOD. By St. John Pearce. (Ward, Lock and Co. 4s. Od. net.) Two spirited stories of public school life. Each leads up to an exciting climax around a hero......
Leif And Thorkel. By Genevra Snedden. (harrap. 5s.) Leif And
Thorkel is a story about Norse boys in the year 1000. The language is picturesque. The ships and the feasts are well described, and really appear before the mind's eye. The boys......
The Boy's Book Of Canada. By Denis Crane. (wells Gardner,
Darton and Co. 7s. (Id. net.) A child will put up with a deal of dullness in the books he reads if the subject is exciting, and any healthy boy will probably read through with......
Birds, Beasts And Trees.
LONG gone are the days when uncles at the Christmas book- shop announced that they "only "wanted a book for children. Those were the people whose own youth was nourished on......
Our Railways. By J. G. Adams And C. A. Elliott.
(Blackie and Son. is. 6d.) OUR RAILWAYS. By J. G. Adams and C. A. Elliott. (Blackie and Son. is. 6d.) A pleasant little volume, which quite succeeds in suggesting the romance of......
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