Naw EDITIONS.—Messrs. Constable and Co. have reprinted three of Dickens's
short stories at 1s. each net. They are excellently got up and well illustrated, and will probably be new to the younger generation of readers, for they were originally published in magazines. The Story of Captain Richard Doubledick is a vivid and affecting picture of war and its consequences. The Trial of William Tinkling and Captain Badhearl are delightful children's books.—From the same publishers and at the same price come The Golden Touch, The Gorgon's Head, The Paradise of Children, and The Three Golden Apples, reprinted from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wonder Book for Boys and Girls."—Tanglewood Tales and Lorna Doone have been abridged by W. D. Fordyce (Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1s. each), though the advantage of such curtailment is more than doubtfuL—Gulliver's Travels to Lilliput and Brobdingnag, illustrated by P. A. Staynes (Sidgwick and Jackson, 6s. net), is eminently suitable fora child's gift book.— Little Women, illustrated by Harold Copping (B. T. S., Is. 6d. net), is a handsome volume bound in white and gold.—The Birds! Christmas Carol. (Gay and Hancock. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin tells us that this is a reprint of her first book.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (J. M. Dent and Sons, 2s. 6d. net) is a pretty little volume, illustrated by M. W. Tarrant.— Cambridge and its Story, by C. W. Stubbs, D.D, late Bishop of Truro, illustrated by Herbert Renton; Oxford and its Story, by Cecil Headlam, illustrated by Herbert Railton (J. M. Dent and Sons. 10s. 6d. net each.)
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