The Boy's Own Annual (Religious Tract Society) is as full
of good stories and instruction—moral, scientific, and technical—as over. Such names as Ballantyne, Blake, Hope, Ker, Malan, Reed, Stables, Jules Verne, and others as good, are a sufficient voucher for the ordinary boy. There is another long list of artists responsible for the wealth of illustrations. For the more solid information we need only mention the Natural History articles on Birds, Birds'-Nests, Bees, Beetles, Birds'-Eggs, Butterflies, &c., and lots of other creatures, besides miscellaneous stories bear- ing on the characters of each and all. The technical articles —electrical, photographical, mechanical—are, of course, excellent. Besides all these, there is much literature which cannot be classed under any head, such as tricks, sketches, odd bits of knowledge, &c. The Boy's Own Annual is as well printed and got up as the former fourteen volumes, and it holds its place easily for fiction, amuse- ment, and instruction with any competitors.
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