CHILDREN'S ANNUALS.—Blackie's Annual (3s. 6d.) opens well with a short
story by Mrs. George Wemyss, and its other tales, verses, and pictures are as good as ever this year.— The Child's Companion (R.T.S., is. 6d.) contains a great deal of interesting reading matter in a small space. Besides stories, verses, and pictures there are instructive articles on foreign countries and such occupations as the making of paper boxes. —From the same publishers we have Our Little Dots (2s. 6d.), a collection of pretty short stories and verses, plentifully illustrated.—Chatterbox (Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., 3s.) is a capital collection of stories and articles that will appeal to older children than the other annuals we have mentioned. There is an excellent series of gardening articles that may profitably be read by many grown-up people, and another on architecture, in which, though the matter is good, the literary style is somewhat unpolished. Papers on geography and natural history, the making of models, puzzles, and verses, still leave room for exciting stories and plenty of illustrations.—Sunday (same publishers, 3s.).—Besides good simple Bible teaching, we have here a number of really interesting stories and articles, which are well worth careful reading. There is nothing stiff or tiresome about this book; on the contrary it is lively and attractive and full of pictures. —The Prize (same publishers, 18. 6d.), though a smaller volume than the two last mentioned, reaches the same high standard of interest and amusement.—Leading Strings (same publishers, is. 6d.) is a pleasing picture-book of simple little stories and verses, clearly printed and illustrated.
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