The Girl's Own Annual and the Boy's Own Annual, giving
in volume form the yearly contents of two magazines for young folks which are now, and in the most literal of senses, familiar as household words, are once more before us. They show, as always, their editors' skill in catering for their special constituencies. The question does, however, occur to one : Are boys all so very fond of the lurid fiction—the stories of adventure written by Mr. R. M. Ballantyne, Dr. Gordon Stables, and the like—and are girls all fond of the pallid fiction, given in their respective magazines ? But fiction apart, these two annuals contain a really wonderful number of useful and interesting articles and short stories adapted to the intelligence of boys and girls in their teens. Then, what an attraction the fairyland of prize-competitions must be, to judge from the names of those who take part in them ! Both volumes are, as usual, beautifully got-up and sumptuously illustrated.
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