Fifty - two Further Stories for Boys. Edited by Alfred H. Miles.
(Hutchinson and Co.)—Mr. Miles, who edits this truly remarkable volume, believes, fortunately, quite as much in quality as in quan- tity, even when he seeks to give effect to his own doctrine of "boys, more boys, and still further boys ; and therefore, boys' stories, more boys' stories, and still further stories for boys." As on former occa- sions, he has been able to secure contributions from the best writers for boys, American as well as British—such as Mr. Henty, Mr. Man- ville Fenn, Mr. Dowling, and Mr. George Cary Eggleston—and has placed them in different classes, the characters of which are in- dicated by such titles as "Life and Adventure," "Out West," "Old-Time Stories," and "Schools and Schoolboys." The stories of adventure are perhaps the best ; "Dick Wentworth's Swim," "A Leap for Life," and "The Fast Freight," may be mentioned as exceptionally good. But it is literally true that there is hardly a weak story in a collection which runs to nearly five hundred pages. Mr. Miles could not have done his work of selection with more care or discrimination.
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