Sunshine, 1895. (G. Stoneman.)—This periodical, intended, according to the title,
"For the Home, the School, and the World," claims as its founder the late Dr. Meynell Whittemore, a well-known writer of this kind of literature. It is an interest- ing and useful publication, furnished with serial stories and miscellaneous articles, instructive and entertaining. We cannot help expressing the wish that the element of prize competitions were excluded. There is surely a tendency in it to develop greed and jealousy. Imagine a child of five earning a tw.3-shilling prize by a "Shilling Conning Competition," whatever that may be ! As for the "Canvassing Competition," what an awful number of importunate young beggars must have been let loose upon the world by it! The first-prize winner secured fifty-three new subscribers (to the periodical), and received .22. "Hundreds of canvassers gained beautiful books."—The Cosy Nook Picture Book, by Mercie Sunshine (Ward, Lock, and Bowden), contains various stories of men and animals, nicely illustrated.
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