Storied Holidays. By E. S. Brooks. (Blackie and Son.)-1 collection
of short stories about great historical characters. They are most of them interesting and well told. We should imagine, however, that Mr. Brooks would not care to vouch for their historical accuracy. He has ventured into rather dangerous ground in his classical tales. The priest of Flora was called Plora/is, and not P/oriatis. Again, the Olympian games were not held in the year of the Battle of Thermopylas. Even if they had been, Leonidas could not have been present, as he was then at the Pass. These are not the only mistakes. Mr. Brooks should have got up his subject more carefully.-21 Store of Stories. By Frances Clare. (Skeffington and Son.)—Miss Clare has given us in this volume some very pretty little tales. They are thoughtful and imaginative, and are told in a quaint, pleasing style. "Little Peeps" is perhaps one of the best. By-the-way, is it not a little hard to credit even a sun-dial with the sentence, Docit umbra ? Perhaps there is a misprint.—Sunshine and Shadow. By H. W. Davenport Adams. (Skeffington and Son.)—Mr. Adams's stories are always well told, and have a good, healthy tone about them. Perhaps they are not very original, but then we must not expect everything. The volume before us is no exception to the general rule.
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