28 OCTOBER 1893, Page 25

The Girl's Own Annual (66 Paternoster Row), is, as it

is scarcely necessary to explain, the yearly volume of the Girl's Own Paper, which a high authority lately told us is "quite the best thing of its kind." To go so far as this just now would be rash ; but we are glad to accord to this excellent publication another hearty welcome, and to mark, at the same time, an almost continuous improvement. This is especially noticeable in the illustrations, which are remarkably good. The coloured pictures are quite wonderful, considering the price of the journal. The literary contents are, in their variety and extent, quite beyond notice. When we say that they are skilfully adapted to the tastes of their readers, we have given but a moderate expression to our praise.