GIFT-BOOKS.
The Boy's Own Annual. (R.T.S. Ss.)—This volume is, as usual, admirably adapted to its purpose, which is, we take it, to enter- tain, and in entertaining also instruct, a youthful public. There are good stories, good reports of cricket, football, and other doings in the region of sport, and a vast amount of various information, quid quid agunt east agere debent pueri There are competitions, of course—that must be, it seems—but they are made useful and sensible. We cannot attempt to criticise details. Indeed, as far as we have been able to examine the volume, we see little or no need. Nevertheless, we would suggest to Mr. J. Paul Taylor, who writes about the grayling in "Autumn and Winter Fishing," that Derby- shire should have been included among the counties to which this fish is native. The writer of this notice well remembers catching them in the Dove more than half a century ago.—From the same publishers we have also received The Cottager and Artisan (1s. ad.), also well suited to its purpose.
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