Once upon a Time. (R.T.S. 23.)—This "Boy's Book of Ad-
ventures" takes us to various parts of the world, to the English seas, to the Solomon Islands and other parts of the Pacific, to America, to Australia, &c. The "Pacific" stories are not the least attractive. "Strange Signals" is an excellent tale—a record of fact, it must be understood, as indeed all the eighteen stories are—with a satisfactory explanation of a mysterious occurrence ; while "Among the South Sea Cannibals" is as striking a narra- tive as we have ever read. Then we have escapes from prison, a wreck, adventures at the goldfields, a meeting with brigands, &c. —In A Book of Heroes, by Henry Johnson (same publishers), we have the stories of great men, both of ancient and of modern times, told anew. Epaminondas, Telemachus (the monk whose self-sacrifice put an end to gladiatorial games), Gustavus Vasa, George Wishart, William Penn, and Bishop Patteson are among the "heroes."—Our Little Patients, by Ellen A. Fyfe (Nelson and Sons, ls.), gives various experiences from the children's ward in a hospital. There could not be a better subject, with its mixture of humour and pathos.
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