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Life's Possibilities : A Book For Girls. Edited By E.

A. D. With a Preface by the Right Rev. A. F. Winnington-Ingram, D.D., Bishop of Stepney. (A. R. Mowbray and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—T his is 'a collection of pleasant stories and......

The Grins House. By Mrs. Molesworth. (nisbet And Co. 5s.)

—Mrs. Molesworth is always fond of a little mystery. Ghosts are very much to her taste, and if a ghost does not suit the occasion—and it hardly does when one writes for. the......

The Boys Of Dormitory Three. By H. Barrow - North. (rout-...

and Sons.)—This "tale of mystery, fun, and frolic," with its comic sailor, Chinee, French-master, and other familiar characters of farce, is fairly entertaining. There is a......

Rag, Tag, And Bobtail. By Edith Farmiloe. Verses By Winifred

Parnell. (Grant Richards. 6s )—Miss Farmiloe evidently believes in the effectiveness of simple lines and dots. Sometimes she succeeds with them, but not, we are bound to say,......

Fairies, Elves, And Flower Babies. By Marion Wallace -...

Rivett-Carnac. (Duckworth and Co. 3s. 6d.)—This book is intended for very young children. Like hundreds of others published at this season, it is attractively - got up, rather......

Yule - Tide Yarns. Edited By G. A. Henty. (longmans And Co.

6s.)—Here are ten stories by well-known writers, Messrs. H. Collingwood, J. Bloundelle-Burton, D. Ker, and F. Whishaw being among them. The first, entitled " Chateau and Ship,"......

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Fairy Folk From Far And Near. By Annie C. H.

Woolf. (J. MaeQueen.)—These fairy tales are described as coming from China, Arabia, Greece, Rome, and we know not what other places. Miss Woolf introduces them without any......

Roses. By Amy Le Feuvre. (hodder And Stoughton. 2s.)— This

is a pretty little story. " Dimple," who comes to disturb the peace of Mrs. Fitzherbert, as every one in the house is sure, turns out to be a quite delightful child, not too......

The Prince's Story Book. Edited, With Introduction, By G. L.

Gomme. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—This is the sequel to two volumes of a similar kind, respectively entitled " The King's " and " The Queen's Story Book." There are between......

Some Verse, So Obviously Careless And Hasty That We Cannot

honestly call it more than passable. When the shepherd boy and the fisherman, each discontented with his lot in life, pass each other, why did they do it "with a nod......