Stories of Famous Men and Women. Edited by J. Edward
Parrott, M.D. (Thomas Nelson and Sons. 4e. net.)—Here we have sateen "well-chosen and well-executed studies of famous people. ' Flora MaccIonard- holds the first place, and as the book conies from the other side of" the Tweed we may accept the choice, though she was scarcely such a benefactress to the world as Florence Nightingale. The arts are represented by Francis Chantrey, "the milkboy who became a sculptor," Sir David Wilkie, and Jenny Lind; literature by Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens ; industry by Richard Watt, James Arkwright, and George Stephenson ; social reform by Sir Rowland Hill and Florence Nightingale; discovery by Sir John Franklin and David Livingstone. The other names are Grace Darling and Sir Isambard Brunel, and we reach a climax in "Queen Victoria, the Model of Queens."—With this may be mentioned two volumes !all of interesting matter, A Book of Brave Boys and A Book of Brave Girls, both by Alfred H. Miles, and published by Stanley Paul and Co. (5s. each). There are thirty-odd stories in each volume ; they are excellent reading ; the only criticism we would make is that it would be well to know whether or no they are narratives of facts.
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