3 DECEMBER 1892, Page 11

My Birthday-Book, edited by Mary Trebeck (Wells, Gardner, Darton, and

Co.), adds yet another to the long list of these pro- ductions. It has been put together, in the first instance, for members of the Girls' Friendly Society, and its speciality consists in giving for the several days "famili er couplets, clearly ex- pressed, prac-ic,a1 in their nature, pleasant in their rhythm, and, above all, based on good souse. '—A miniature volume of the same kind, giving a Bible text for every day in the year, is The Thumb Birthday-Book (D. Bryce, Glasgow).