5 DECEMBER 1914, page 8

Instructive Books For Boys.

BOYS who are not satisfied with story books for Christmas presents, but who clamour for something more serious, have plenty of chance this year of having their tastes gratified.......

Fairy-tales And Folk-lore.*

IN Lady Ann's Fairy Tales' we have an agreeable mixture, composed of the homeliness of the old stories, with an added flavour of modern allegory. Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell......

Some Stories For Girls,

IN comparison with the great number of boys' story books issued by the publishers, those designed specially for girls are few and, it must be admitted, less excellent in......