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Bert Lloyd's Boyhood. By J. Macdonald Oxley, Ll.d....

Stoughton.)—This "story from Nova Scotia" is pleasantly written, and has the advantage of a certain novelty in its surroundings. Boys seem to be much the same in Nova Scotia as......

The Boys' Ch.pn Annual And The Girls' Own A.nnw4l....

Tract Society.)—These two volumes are as fell of good reading and spirited illustration as usual, and are, as usual, distinguished by just the right sort of differences. The......

Two Stories By Miss Bramston.* Lottie Levison Is, We Think,

one of the best things that Miss Bramston has done. It is mainly a study of character done in very broad and effective strokes ; but it combines with this a well-constructed......

St. Dunstan's Fair. By M. J. C. Lee. (national Society.)—

There is a very charming description of an old Kentish Manor- house in St. Dunstan's Fair, and the children who figure in it are spirited young creatures whose acquaintance we......

English Writers. By Henry Morley, Ll D. Vol. Viii. (cassell

and Co.)—" From Surrey to Spenser" expresses the range of subject which this volume includes. It is not, however, inclusive as far as the lower limit is concerned. Spenser is......

Olga's Dream. By Norley Chester. Illustrated By Harry...

Irving Montagu. (Skeffington.)—This "nineteenth century fairy-tale," as the author describes it, is decidedly good fun. A child may read it without looking for anything but the......

Current Literature.

GIFT-BOOKS. Soap Bubble Stories. By Fanny Barry. (Skeffington and Son.) —These are certainly as good specimens of the modern fairy-tale as any that we have ever seen. If Miss......

Robin Redbreast. By Mrs. Moleswortb. (w. And R....

"story for girls," is excellently suited to the readers for whom it is intended. There is just a touch of romance in it, Old Lady Myrtle's love for Jacinth, granddaughter of......

Four On An Island. By L. T. Meade. (w. And

R. Chambers.) —Mrs. Meade takes us to the coast of Brazil, where the " four "— two girls and two boys—are carried out to sea in a boat, land on a desert island, and contrive, by......