28 NOVEMBER 1896, Page 24

Young England. (S.S.TJ.)—This "Illustrated Meg tzine for English-speaking Boys throughout

the World" appears in its seventeenth annual volume. Mr. Henty furnishes a story, "A Tale of the Buccaneers," and that is enough to recommend the volume; another story, "Hunted through Fiji," by Dr. Reginald Horsley, runs through the whole of the book. There are short stories in plenty, miscellaneous articles of varied interest, some reading especially intended for Sundays, and, we are glad to see, no bribery and corruption in the form of prizes.—We have also to acknowledge the annual volumes of two illustrated magazines for the reading of young people and others. The Young Standard Bearer (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.) is suited especially to the young ; The Dawn of Day (S.P.C.IC ) appeals to a more extended public.