Three little volumes belonging to "The Children's" Series (E. Arnold),
are My Book of Adventures, My Book of Travel-Stories, and My Book of the Sea. There is no very sharp line of distinction between them. In My Book of the Sea, for instance, we have ad- venture, as the rescue of the crew of the • Farnborough,' by Grace Darling and her father, the "Wreck of the Indian Chief,'" "A Fight with a Slave Dhow," while there are also papers on the equipment of the great Atlantic liners, and other interesting matters that concern the sea. From among the contents of Travel-Stories we may select for mention, "A Visit to the Pyra- mids," "An Eskimo Hut," "The Ruins of Babylon," "The Yose- mite Valley," "The Capital of Iceland," and "The Land of Fire" (Terra del Fuego). In My Book of Adventures, we have the perils and escapes of a number of celebrated persons, from Mehemet down to Buffalo Bill. It will be seen that there is a variety of good reading here for the entertainment and instruction of young people.
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