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Dauntless Patty. By E. L. Haverfield. (h. Frowdo And Hodder

and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Patty comes from one of the Colonies to England, and finds herself somewhat at a loss. After certain adventures she becomes an inmate of a girls' school,......

Basil The Page. By G. L Whitham. (wells Gardner, Dalton,

and Co. 2s.)—This is a picturesque story of the days of Queen Elizabeth. The great Queen, Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Leicester, Sir Walter Raleigh, appear on the stage, and make......

The Rebel Cadets. By Charles Gleig. (w. And R. Chambers.

5s.)— There is a certain audacity about this "Tale of the 'Britannia." "Barring out" at schools we have heard of; but a mutiny on board a training-ship,--is it possible? Has......

The Bravest Gentleman In Prance. By Herbert Hayens. (t....

and Sons. 2s. 6d.)—It is almost inevitable that an author who writes of old-world France should challenge comparison with -a well-known novelist who has made this field of......

The Lost Column. By Captain Charles Gilson. (h. Frowde And

Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This "Tale of the Boxer Rebellion" is a very spirited bit of work. The subject is well chosen; there are few things in our history that should......

Sir Sleep - Awake And His Brother. By G. L Whitham. (blackie

and Son. 2s. 6d.)—This is a story of the Crusades, with a some- what complicated plot. The author might have got his heroes to the scenes of their adventures in a simpler......

Young England : Twenty - Ninth Annual Volume. (the...

magazine that endeavours to cater for the tastes of "boys throughout the English-speaking world" must neces- sarily cover a wide range. And this Young England certainly does.......

Adventures On The High Seas. By Richard Stead. (seeley And

Co. 5s.)—One reads the many thrilling stories of shipwreck in Mr. Stead's volume with very mingled feelings, for there are the dark shades of dreadful suffering and death in......

The Seed Of The Righteous. By Frank T. Bullen. (robert

Culley. 5s.)—Mr. Bullen writes with his accustomed directness and simplicity. The conventionalities of tale-writing do not please him. It seems very hard, for instance, on Dick......

The Romance Of Modern Geology. By Edwin S. Grew. (seeley

and Co. 5s.)—Most entertaining and illuminating is Mr. Grew's handling of modern geology. He puts the pith, the striking facts, clearly before us, and has been more successful......

Cousin Sara. By Rosa Mulholland (lady Gilbert). (mated°...

6s.)—There is much that is admirable in the character- drawing of Lady Gilbert's tale, though there is sometimes to be seen in it the weakness of exaggeration. Harvey Durrant is......

The Wolf Patrol. By John Finnemore. (a. And C. Black.

3s. 6d.)—This book, dedicated to Lieutenant-General Baden- Powell, is designed to commend to young readers the "boy-scout" movement, which was initiated by that distinguished......