The Quiver, 1901. (Cassell and Co. 78. 6d.)—The Quiver maintains,
and more than maintains, its reputation for an abundant supply of good reading and good illustrations. Fiction is not in excess, the five serial stories being equivalent to two running through the whole year. Of other matters we may mention six papers on "The Life and Work of the Redeemer," by eminent divines, concluding a series begun in the last annual volume. Mr. Coulson Kernahan writes a paper on " George Macdonald," which we should be inclined to except from our general dislike of contemporary biography. Dr. Hugh Macmillan has two characteristic papers. Among other writers we may mention Dr. Fairbairn, "Ian Maclaren," the Rev. R. F. Horton, "Katharine Tynan," and Agnes Gibeme.—From the same pub- lishers we have Cassell's Saturday Journal (7e. 6d.) This may be called a magazine of common life, and gives an ample supply of practical information concerning most things that one wants to know about, of fun (always a strong point with this magazine), of spurting notes, quidqaid agunt hominee, in fact. —Boys of Our Empire (A. Melrose, 7s. 6d.) is a new venture, the character of which is sufficiently indicated by its title. One of its objects is to promote the main- tenance of a " Boys' Empire League." The more solidarity between different parts of the Empire can be promoted the better, and, as far as we can see, this may be made useful. The contents of this volume are satisfactorily varied and interesting. —Two old favourites may be mentioned together, the Boy's Own Annual, and the Girl's Own Annual (56 Paternoster Row, 8s. Gd. or 9s. 6d. per vol.) So well established are these that we need not do more than acknowledge and welcome their appearance.
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