Chums. (Cassell and Co.)—This "Illustrated Journal for Boys " brings
out of its treasury " things new and old." It is an excellent idea, for instance, to give such a classic as " Treasure Island." Generations of boys and girls are growing up who have not read it, and who may now, at a very moderate outlay, possess it for their own, along with a great variety of other reading, useful and entertaining. Mr. Henry Frith contributes " Tracked by Thugs ; " Mr. G. Manville Fenn, " The Queen's Scarlet; " and we have also, in the same category of serials, " Through Thick and Thin," by Andrew Horne ; " 'Twixt Russian and Turk," by D. H. Parry ; and " Two in a Tangle," by Arthur J. Daniels. There are short stories in abundance ; adventures of war, travel, and sport ; the inevitable interview (with all kinds of celebrities, from Sir Frederic Leighton to George Ulyett, the "Yorkshire slogger ") ; columns of miscellanea ; and comic items given with pen and pencil. One of George Ulyett's answers must be given. " What was your biggest hit ?" was the question put to him.—
"From 3falton to Scarbro'—a distance of twenty miles." He knocked the ball into the train. Chums ought to push out the noxious rubbish which there is such good cause to complain of.
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