Jack Frost's Little Prisoners. By Stella Austin, S. Baring Gould,
Caroline Birley, Lord Brabourne (E. H. Knatolibnll-Hugeesen), Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Molesworth, Mrs. Richmead Ritchie (Mies Thaokeray), Ethel M. Wilmot Barton, and Charlotte M. Yonge. (Skeffington and Son.)—A collection of stories for children from fear to twelve years of age, written by an many well-known authors, and so judiciously brief that they are all contained in a pretty volume, printed in bold type, and of a size to hold comfortably while crouching in a window- seat, or hidden in an easy-chair in a corner, should prove to be a treasure alike for parents who want a quiet hour, and boys and girls who are tired of each other's company, or who are accidentally lonely. It would be impossible to give any synopsis of such simple narratives; but from "Ella's Fault," in which Lord Brabourne addressee baby sympathies, to the quaint humour of the Rev. S. Baring Gould in "The Schnabelweid Plot," Mrs. Molesworth'a "Lost, Stolen, or Strayed," and Stella Austin's "Philippine," this Christmas wealth of stories is marked by varied and remarkable attractions.
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