3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 42

Harper's Young People. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This is a handsome

volume, in which the purchaser will certainly get full value for his money. Most of the contents are, we suppose, of American origin. We see that money is reckoned in dollars, and that there are not a few phrases which will help to enrich the native English of our " young people." But British tastes are consulted, as by a series of gorgeous coloured drawings of the British Army. Tales, humorous pieces, poetry, miscellaneous information, and music crowd the pages. If we are to criticise, it must be to suggest that, in a magazine of this kind, every tale should be begun and concluded within the compass of the same volume.