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For Boys Of Seventeen Or Older. -

In A Sailor of Napoleon, Mr. Lesterman has set down, in autobiographical form, the experiences of a French lad fighting against Nelson. His adventures and hairbreadth escapes......

For Boys Of From Nine To Twelve.

Maurice Pomeroy is an admirable account of life at a preparatory school. There is some adventure, but the story depends rather for its interest upon the naturalness and accuracy......

For Boys From Thirteen To Sixteen.

The Riddle of Randley School and Queer Doings at Attlebarough are two excellent school stories, in which there are some natural scenes, but in which there is a frank admix- ture......

Books For Little Children

THE books for quite small children are of a higher standard than usual this year. The Katy Kruse Dolly Book (Harrap, 5s.), with the letterpress by Miss Rose Fyleman, will......

A Group Of Sea Books.

Mr. Percy Westerman can always be relied upon for a first-rate yarn, and such he gives us in Mystery Island, in which three apprentices of a full-rigged ship, wrecked in the......