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Nathalie's Chum. By Anna Chapin Ray. (henry Frowde And...

and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Harry Arterburn, upon whom has devolved the maintenance of his brothers and sisters, under- takes the tutoring of an idle, spoilt youth. The task seems......

Joseph, A Dancing Bear. By John Barnett. (eveleigh Nash....

Joseph,' born in the Jardin des Plantes, comes into the possession of two Frenchmen, Henri and Charles, is brought over to England, and has various adventures, beginning with a......

A Middy In Command. By Harry Collingwood. (blackie And Son.

6s.)—A portion of Mr. Henty's mantle has undoubtedly fallen on Mr. Collingwood, even to the didactic tone and the long speeches, but with a dash and a flavour of the sea all his......

The Good Sword Belgarde. By A. C. Curtis. (henry Frowde

and Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—Mr. Curtis is very successful in dealing with the England of King John's time, and has chosen the period when Lewis of France comes over at the......

Finn The Wolfhound. By A. I. Dawson. (grant Richards. 6s.

net.)—This is the story of a dog, but not of a common kind. It is full of adventure, of ups and downs of fortune, one might say of tragedy. We begin with his puppyhood—there is......

Runners Of Contraband. By Tom Bevan. (s. W. Partridge And

Co. 8s. 6d.)—Blockade-running is always a stirring motive for a story of adventure, and this story of Finland's struggle for autonomy opens well with a dash for the Aland......

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Colour - Sense Training. By E. J. Taylor. (blackie And...

6d. net.)—A vast and indefinite subject of great difficulty is attacked in this little book. There is so much bad colour in the world that any alleviation of the misery caused......

The Magic Casement. Edited By Alfred Noyes. (chapman And...

Os. net.)—This is an "Anthology of Fairy Poetry," and a xemarkably delightful book. The "magic casement" is Keats's. We look through it with the eyes of the poet and see not a......

The Island Traders. By Alexander Macdonald. (blackie And...

6d.)—Raymond Fairfax, finding himself stranded for want of a job in Sydney, takes up with a somewhat mysterious stranger who is captain of the Mote.' He has made, it so happens,......

Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Edited By Walter Jerrold....

John Hassell. (Blackie and Son. 5s.)—" Mother Goose" is a Homer of a sort, with a whole cycle of rhymesters of the same kind, even as the old man of Chios was followed by epic,......

The Dwindleberry Zoo. By G. E. Farrow. (blackie And Son.

5s.)—Mr. Farrow's comic animals, " Wallypugs " and the like, have come to be a recognised part of the literature of this time, and there is no need for us to recommend his......

Rough - Riders Of The Pampas. By Captain F. S. Brereton....

and Son. 5s.)—No one can deny that Captain Brereton has set about his task conscientiously. The life of an estancia on the Indian frontier is faithfully mapped out for us, and......

Mid Clash Of Swords. By George Surrey. (henry Frowde And

Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—There is much colour and picturesque incident in this tale of an Englishman's adventures in Rome and Florence during the turbulent times of the early......

New Editions.—we Have Received From Messrs. Blackie And...

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